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The Children’s Partnership Strategic Partnership for Early Years and Childcare Sue Robb

The Children’s Partnership Strategic Partnership for Early Years and Childcare Sue Robb Head of Early Years, 4Children. The Children’s Partnership - DfE’s strategic partner. Adoption and Children in Care - NCB and Barnardo’s Early Years and Childcare - 4Children

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The Children’s Partnership Strategic Partnership for Early Years and Childcare Sue Robb

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  1. The Children’s Partnership Strategic Partnership for Early Years and Childcare Sue Robb Head of Early Years, 4Children

  2. The Children’s Partnership - DfE’s strategic partner • Adoption and Children in Care - NCB and Barnardo’s • Early Years and Childcare - 4Children - Families - Families and Childcare Trust - Safeguarding - NSPCC

  3. New! Foundation Years Website

  4. More Great ChildcareandMore Affordable Childcare

  5. More Affordable Childcare Building on from “More Great Childcare” Triangulation of – choice QUALITY responsiveness opportunities AFFORDABILITY FLEXIBILTY

  6. Quality • What is quality from the point of view of a parent? • What is quality from the point of view of a child? • What is quality from the point of view of a provider? • What is quality from the point of view of Ofsted?

  7. Affordability • Early Learning for two year olds • Early Learning for three/four year olds • Tax free childcare scheme 2015 • Universal Credit 2016 • New ways of working.....

  8. Flexibility • Blended packages of childcare • New provision – Childcare Business Grants Scheme • Childminding • 8 to 6 schools • Helping parents make informed choices • Supporting parents to return to employment

  9. Childminder agencies • Legislation being worked on for September 2014 implementation • Trials being set up • 20 plus organisations • Facilitated by the strategic partnership • Evaluation to inform further thinking • Voluntary • Childminders register with an agency not Ofsted • www.foundationyears.org.uk

  10. Childminder Agencies • Agency is inspected by Ofsted • Agency support administration • Agency offer CPD resources and support • Agency needs to be sustainable

  11. Consultation: Inspection arrangements for CMA Launched: 23 January Respond by: 21 March 2014 http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/inspecting-childminder-agencies-consultation-document http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/news/views-sought-ofsted-consultation-childminder-agency-inspections-0

  12. Community Childcare and Early Learning Hubs • Solution to the limited availability of high quality and flexibility of childcare that many parents face • 9 hubs being piloted around the country • Focussed on • Improving the quality of provision • Support the provision of new childcare places for two year olds as required • Blended childcare offer to parents • Sharing of experiences and learning to enable more Hubs to be created • Local and national events • Toolkit and resources to create new hubs at the end of the project

  13. Schools • Lack of childcare provision - seven years upwards - holiday care • Special educational needs and disability • Schools role to support community • Impact on outcomes • 8 to 6 schools

  14. What does quality, flexibility, affordability mean to you?

  15. Contact • Email us: foundations@4children.org.uk • Visit our website: www.foundationyears.org.uk

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