Documents and links for EY professionals

In this section you will find helpful documents and links to external websites:

General information for Early Years practitioners:

Childcare Choices information:

• Top things providers need to know about tax-free childcare;

• Visual map of the customer journey through their childcare account;

• Parent tips for using the 30 hours provision 

Funding Information:

• Early Years funding policy - COVID-19

SEND related information for Early Years practitioners:

• Local Offer SEND strategies and plans page (including  Self-Evaluation Framework)

• Supporting children with SEND 

• SEN Inclusion Fund (SENIF). What you need to know about SENIF is explained here

• SEN inclusion fund guidance April 2020

• Early Years Inclusion Funding 

• SEN support flowchart  

• SEND toolkit 

• Early Years SEND audit form

• Early Years Funding  - for children with special educational needs and disabilities

• Parents guide to the EYFS – Foundation years: What to expect, when

 Safeguarding related information for Early Years practitioners:

• Say, hear, respond: safeguarding - COVID 19 

• Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment - Click here

• Working Together to Safeguard Children: A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children - Click here
  

• Click here for a link to e-learning for Prevent Duty Training  for safeguarding vulnerable people from radicalisation

• Safeguarding Toolkit

Miscellaneous:

• Early Years transition tookit

• Support for Practitioners working with 2 year olds from PACEY

• Best practice principles: transition reports in EYFS

• Pre-Ofsted visit online tutorial

• Transition report template

• Transition into reception/year 1

• Starting school tips for parents/carers

• Cohort tracking by Ofsted  

• Guidance on recording and tracking children’s achievements in the revised EYFS (Download) 

• EYFS 2019 handbook 

• EYFS 2020-21 handbook 

• EYFS guidance on exemptions in respect of individual children 

• GDPR - what is it and how will it affect your nursery? Q&A 

• Additional GDPR information for Childminders:
  Childminding UK - Guide to the GDPR and the data protection bill
  ICO: Data Protection bill

• All reports from Childcare Works events around Supply and Demand, Sufficiency and Working with Schools are now ready to access on the Childcare Works KHUB site at the following link: Childcare works in-depth events

• At the Schools In-Depths, several local authority colleagues kindly agreed to share materials they have developed to support schools. The link to the resources here: LA materials for supporting schools

• This link provides information on Childminder recruitment campaigns

• Parent declaration form (also downloadable in the downloads section) 

• RBKC/provider agreement 

• Kensington and Chelsea childcare sufficiency assessment 2018-19