Welcome to the Early Years Team

As a team, we work within a range of legislative frameworks and our key areas of work, tied into the Council's Strategic Plans, are to:

• Ensure sufficient childcare and early education places for the City, recorded in the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment, which underpins economic growth and stability for employment
• Support the provision of funded early years entitlement places including sufficiency of quality and accessible provision, supporting providers through the Provider Support Framework and measuring uptake and participation of these places
• Disseminate relevant National Early Years policies (for example, the revised EYFS Statutory Framework and the new early years entitlements) by taking responsibility, leading or supporting implementation, as appropriate
• Implement and manage the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) Moderation process
• Produce robust and comprehensive Continuous Professional Development opportunities for the early years workforce

The support for, and inclusion of, children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and the safeguarding of all children are overarching and underpin all aspects of the Team’s work to ensure all children and young people thrive and achieve in their chosen provision in their early years.

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