Early Years Update

Early Years Update Walsall Early Years Team

Aims of the session • Early Years Foundation Stage revision September 2014 • Children’s Centre reshape

• 2,3,4 year old places • Safeguarding/Early Help update

• Training 2014/15 • Early Years Offer

Early Years Foundation Stage • Available to download free from www.foundationyears.org.uk • Comparison table of the key changes on our website: www.mywalsall.org/fis • For regular Ofsted updates register at: www.ofsted.gov.uk • Ofsted bench mark is Good check the Inspectors notes and grade descriptors

Children’s Centres re-shape Brownhills/Rushall Pelsall

Aldridge/Streetly

Blakenall/Bloxwich Harden/Hatherton

Area Cluster Manager Debs Guy

Area Cluster Manager Tahra Hussain

Area Cluster Manager Sarah Barker

Pheasey Barbara Butlin Alumwell/Birchills

Darlaston

Bentley/Willenhall

Area Cluster Manager Lisa Wolverson

Area Cluster Manager Angie Clarke

Area Cluster Manager Andria Holmes

Palfrey/Paddock/Chuckery Mick Davies

Childcare in Children's Centres is no longer part of the core offer: • Needs to be sustainable. • No assisted places

Early Help/Safeguarding update • Aimee Shaylor - Education Safeguarding Advisor • Mobile phones • Social media • Whistle blowing

Training 2014/15 • Charging and cancellation policy

• What’s on offer? – WellComm – Beginning with Babies – Module

WellComm A complete speech and language toolkit, offering screening and intervention tools for children in the early years.

• A free toolkit per setting after both sessions have been completed • Session 1: Getting Started • Session 2: Next Steps

Early Years Offer Band A

No support required if provider is judged to have sufficient capacity, they will be invited to join network support to improve and support with providers in Band B, C and D. Core offer 1,2 days support per year

Band B

Band C

Providers improving but need support to maintain due to a particular and specific change. Band B providers would be offered support to an agreed action plan. Core offer 1, 2 days support per year plus up to 3 days a year in addition to the above Providers making insufficient progress. A provider in Band C would be offered appropriate support and interventions, against an agreed action plan, with specific timescales supporting Ofsted action plans. Core offer plus 3, 4 days support per year plus up to 6 days a year in addition to the above

Band D

Providers with an Ofsted category of Requires Improvement and Inadequate. Providers placed in Band D will receive support brokered by the LA against an agreed action plan, which will be monitored with agreed timescales for improvement. Core offer plus 3, 4 days support per year plus up to 6 days a year in addition to the above

Funding for 2, 3 and 4 year olds • • • •

Provider agreement Tribal Rates Buddies

Have your say! • Comments and questions • Walsall MBC budget consultation