Early Years Provider Meeting Tuesday 3 rd March 2020
Agenda
Agenda
Early Years structure changes • Early Years move from Early Help to Education and Learning- 01.03.2020 • Closer working with education colleagues supporting children to ‘Get the Best Start in Life’
New Structure Assistant Director Education and Learning Early Years Service Lead Business Support Team Quality and Child Development and Family Information Development Team Centre Service Manager 1FTE Team Leader 0.97 FTE 2 X Early Help Officers 2 FTE Team Leader 0.93 FTE 2 x QD Officers 1.81 FTE Admin Officer1 FTE CDC Officers 4.75 FTE Outreach Worker (2 year olds) 0.6 FTE Early Education Support officer 0.6 FTE Administrator 0.81 FTE 1 x Early Language Consultant 0.6 FTE 2 x Family Information Officer 1.28FTE
OFSTED Updates • Teaching and learning focus • Challenge for older and more able children • Quality of interactions with children • Professional development
Bracknell Forest’s Family Services Directory & SEND Local Offer
Family Information Service & Local Offer • FIS are responsible for ensuring that information about registered childcare and SEND provisions within BFC are publicly available and up to date. • We are also responsible for managing The Family Services Directory (FSD) & SEND Local Offer (LO) website which is the online information hub for families and professionals.
Family Information Service & Local Offer • FSD - Not just childcare and holiday clubs - family support, parenting, childcare funding, school/ nursery admissions, leisure, EAL families / new to area who might need extra support to access services. • The LO contains information about local and national SEND services and supports as well as step by step guides to the processes and pathways through which they are accessed. We also offer a brokerage service to help families find the right services, support and childcare to meet their child’s need.
Increasing awareness • A recent survey indicated that many families are still unaware of this online resource and our service. • Promotion is key – we rely on promotion & signposting from Schools, Social Care teams, EY professionals, GPs and other professionals who work with families. • Please remember we are here to help. Feel free to signpost parents to us or contact us yourselves.
Provider Updates • We will be sending out an update reminder next week • Please also review your Local Offer • For those who have yet to complete their Local Offer – please feel free to ask us for help. Most of the content will already be somewhere in your existing policies – it’s not as dauting as it looks. • The FSD Jobs Page – this is now linked to the BFC jobs page, so will receive far more views.
Useful contacts and webpages • Family Services Directory: • www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/localdirectory • Family Information Service: 01344 353133 • Email: fis@bracknell-forest.gov.uk • Top return in a google search for ‘Bracknell Local Offer’ or ‘Bracknell Family Service Directory’
“Free early education for disadvantaged two year olds was first piloted in 2006. The offer aims to improve disadvantaged children's social and cognitive outcomes so that by the age of five they are as ready as their more advantaged peers to start and fully benefit from school”. – DFE 2011
The eligibility criteria has been extended to include: Eligibility Criteria • children of Zambrano Carers • children of families with no recourse to public funds with a right to remain in the UK on grounds of private/family life under Article 8 of the European • Income Support Convention on Human Rights; • income based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) - • children of a subset of failed asylum seekers • income related Employment and Support Allowance - (supported under section 4 of the Immigration and (ESA) Asylum Act 1999 ‘the 1999 Act’). - • Universal Credit if you and your partner have a - combined income from work of less than £15,400 a A child can also get free early education and year after tax childcare if any of the following apply: • tax credits and you have an annual income of under •they’re looked after by a local council £16,190 before tax • they have a current statement of special education • the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit needs (SEN) or an education, health and care • support through part 6 of the Immigration and (EHC) plan Asylum Act • they get Disability Living Allowance • the Working Tax Credit 4 week run on (the payment - •they’ve left care under a special you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax guardianship order, Credit) child arrangements order or adoption order
Two Year old Funding https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/children-and-family- services/childcare/free-places-2-year-olds
Danielle Jones (Outreach Worker for 2 year olds) Danielle.jones@Bracknell-forest.gov.uk 01344 352648 07876450835 (Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays)
Website updates • Promotion of self service • We will build on the information and email links when new items are added https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/children-and-family- services/childcare https://www.bracknell- forest.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/attendance- guidance-for-early-years-foundation-stage.pdf
2020-21 Funding Rates • Indicative rates for 2020-21 were sent via portal on 19/12/19 and have now been confirmed and start from 01/04/2020. The base rate has increased: 2019 20 hourly rate - 2020 21 hourly rate - 2 year olds £5.46 £5.54 3 & 4 year olds £4.31 £4.39
2020-21 Funding Rates • The £0.14 per hour quality supplement has been awarded to all providers who hold relevant level 5 or 6 EY qualifications • The deprivation supplement has been calculated using postcodes of funded children during 2019. 3 level £0.13, £0.26 or £0.39 per hour • Have you reviewed your business model? • Do you need to adjust your chargeable hours and/or additional charges?
SEN Funding • https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/children-and-family-services/childcare/funding- information-early-years-providers/special-education-needs-inclusion-and-disability-access- funding • Funding is part of Early Education funding • Agreed by a panel • CDC make no decisions • Applications will come directly to EHBS
Universal credit https://www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/
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