Ready for Reception multi-agency working party

On Tuesday 20th November, colleagues from across the Early Years sector met in Warwick to contribute to developing a countywide policy/guidance for what is meant by ‘Reception Ready.’ This work is a collaborative project between Education and Public Health and sits under WE1.

The meeting was attended by colleagues from nursery, primary and special schools and representatives from Early Years Speech and Language Therapy, Early Years Integrated Disability Service, Public Health, Early Years Service, COMPASS, Early Help as well as the Clinical Lead from the Health Visiting services in South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust. The group worked together to reach a consistent, shared and agreed understanding of what school readiness looks like in Warwickshire. The policy/guidance will look at what it means to be a ‘ready child’, ‘ready parent’, ‘ready early years setting’, and ‘ready school’ and the aim is for it to be launched across Warwickshire next year.

The next meeting is planned for 24th January 2018 where the work around what a ‘ready child’ and a ‘ready parent’ looks like will be further developed.

If you feel that you would like to contribute as part of the working party please contact:

Sara Haigh, Early Years Adviser - email sarahaigh@warwickshire.gov.uk