30 hours free childcare
The Department for Education (DfE) is launching a campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of 30 hours free childcare, with a focus on lower-income families.
The awareness of the 30 hours offer is lower among lower-income families and the DfE is hoping to help address this. They have created:
- A suite of case studies of six families across England sharing the positive impacts of 30 hours free childcare on their household (e.g. making childcare more affordable, enabling parents to go back to work and additional support for parents of children with special educational needs).
- A “how-to” animation to support families applying for 30 hours free childcare and Tax-Free Childcare online.
Please help to share these sources so parents don't miss out on government support.
Congratulations to the staff at The Purple Playhouse
Congratulations to all the staff at The Purple Playhouse in Leamington Spa who recently received ‘Outstanding’ judgements across all of the 4 inspection areas - Leadership and management; Quality of teaching, learning and assessment; Personal development, behaviour and welfare; and Outcomes for children.
Ofsted stated:
- The manager and her deputy are passionate about providing a high-quality service to children and their families. They lead their well-established staff team with encouragement and enthusiasm.
- Strong reflective practice is exceptional and identifies areas they can improve even further in the environment, as a group and as individuals.
- Staff deployment is superb. The manager and her deputy are fully aware of the staff's individual and unique qualities.
- Children relish their time in the nursery environment and are making excellent progress in relation to their individual starting points.
- Staff's knowledge of their key children and their families is commendable. The sharply focused planning ensures that gaps in children's learning are identified without delay.
- Parents are given a wealth of guidance and the loan of resources to help them fully support their children's learning at home.
- The staff team is extremely knowledgeable about how to promote children's health and well-being.
- Staff's understanding of safeguarding is comprehensive. They are extremely vigilant, and they know exactly what they need to do if they have a concern about a child in their care and take immediate action.
Read the full report here.