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• Financial Support Factsheet

  Information to help obtain financial support for your childcare business

  Business support Cash flow Resources

• Public Health England: Looking after children and those in early years settings during heatwaves: guidance for teachers and professionals

  High temperatures both outdoors and indoors may harm children’s health. This is guidance for looking after children

  Guidance Healthcare Safeguarding

• Example - Child risk assessment

  Risk Assessment

  Form

• The Food Standards Agency - 'Safer food, better business for childminders' pack

  Food safety management pack for registered childminders or childcarers on domestic premises

  Childminders Food safety Guidance

• Out of School Provider Privacy Notice

  How the data Hampshire County Council collects is handled

  Early Years Out of school, holiday & creche Policy Privacy last updated March 2019

• Childcare Population Forecaster

  The Childcare Population Forecaster reflects current Office of National Statistics (ONS) geography as at April 2022 (Ward data as at 2019).

  30 hour childcare Early Years Forecaster Guidance Population

• 30 hours childcare: making it work for your business

  Guidance for using the modelling tools

  30 hour childcare Early Years Form

• 30 Hours Provider Modelling Tool - Hourly Rate

  Developed to assist providers with financial decision making

  30 hour childcare Early Years Form Guidance

• 30 Hours Provider Modelling Tool - Sessional Rate

  Developed to assist providers with financial decision making

  30 hour childcare Early Years Form Guidance

• Working Families Entitlement parent journey

  Flowchart explaining the parent’s journey in obtaining Tax-Free Childcare and Working Families Entitlement

  30 hour childcare Early Years Guidance Leaflet

• 30 Hours childcare parent survey template

  Includes template letter and survey to parents

  30 hour childcare Early Years Form

• Action 4 Children

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• ABCC Behaviour Chart

  Template form for recording behaviour incidents

  Behaviour Form Inclusion

• Early Years SENCO Newsletter - autumn term 2021

  Welcome to your autumn term Early Years SENCO newsletter from the Services for Young Children Inclusion Team

  Inclusion

• Analysing behaviour

  Guidance on completing ABCC charts

  Behaviour Form Inclusion

• Blank Behaviour Plan

  Behaviour plan blank template

  Behaviour

• Example Behaviour Plan

  Behaviour plan example

  Behaviour

• Attachment and key person role

  Understanding the role of a key person in a childcare setting

  Behaviour Guidance Inclusion

• Wellbeing Toolkit (Summer 2022)

  Wellbeing support pathway tool

  Guidance Inclusion Pathway Wellbeing

• Behaviour plan

  Writing a behaviour plan to look at things we can change to support the child/young person, rather than trying to change them

  Behaviour Guidance Inclusion

• Behaviour poster

  Poster of ideas for managing behaviour

  Behaviour Guidance Inclusion

• Council for Awards in Children’s Care and Education (CACHE) – awarding body

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Can-do form

  Form for parents to write things their child likes to do and how they do them

  Form Inclusion SENCO

• Healthy Steps

  Fun ideas to help kids stay healthy

  Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance Healthy Early Years

• Charity Commission

  Submit your completed annual return to the Charity Commission

  Business support Community and voluntary providers Form Guidance

• Childhood Bereavement Network

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Childcare Choices

  Government help with childcare costs for parents

  30 hour childcare Early Years EYE funding EYE stretched offer

• Childcare Works

  Supporting Local Authorities and Providers to deliver the early years entitlements expansion and wraparound childcare programme.

  Business support Guidance Planning and running your business

• Children who bite

  Guidance on understanding and responding to children who bite

  Behaviour Guidance Inclusion

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Virtual School and College for children in care

  Supporting looked-after children and care leavers

  Children in care Early Years Education Guidance

• City and Guilds - awarding body

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Coram Family and Childcare

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Coram Children's Legal Centre

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Council for Disabled Children

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Setting up a crèche

  Guidance notes on crèche provision

  Business support Guidance Planning and running your business

• DBS checks

  Guidance and apply for your DBS check

  Business support Community and voluntary providers Guidance

• Developmental checklist

  The Children's Therapy Service's general guide to the development of communication, physical and functional skills in children from birth to school entry

  Guidance Inclusion Speech and language

• Department for Education

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• DfE Early years child development training

  Funded online practitioner training

  Training Training organisations

• DfE's 30 hour mixed model partnership toolkit

  Designed to support mixed model partnership approaches to delivering extended free entitlement

  30 hour childcare Briefing Early Years Guidance

• Early Education

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• English as an additional language

  

  Supporting children with English as an additional language from the Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service

  English as an additional language Guidance Inclusion

• Sources of income for early years providers

  Additional sources of funding available that you can use to support individual children and raise the quality of childcare that you offer

  Business support Guidance Sources of Income

• Deferred entry to Year R form

  Form for parents to defer a child's start date until later in the year

  Early Years EYE funding Form

• Providers of Early Years Education & Funding Privacy Notice

  How the data that Hampshire County Council collects is handled

  Early Years EYE funding Policy Privacy last updated 9 April 2020

• Early Years Education - Parent declaration form

  Eligible 2 / 3 and 4 year old children

  Early Years EYE funding Form

• Parents and their Children in Early Years Education Settings Privacy Notice

  How the data that Hampshire County Council collects is handled

  Early Years EYE funding Policy Privacy last updated 9 April 2020

• Early Childhood Environmental rating scales

  Standardised tools for measuring and improving the quality of early years provision

  Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance Quality improvement

• High Scope

  Tools and resources you need to provide the ultimate opportunity in early childhood education

  Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance Quality improvement

• Montessori Education

  The national standards body for Montessori education in Britain

  Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance Quality improvement

• National Day Nurseries Association

  Childcare quality improvement and self evaluation

  Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance Quality improvement

• Play England: Quality in play

  Quality assurance system to support supervised play

  Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance Quality improvement

• Early Years Education Standard offer funding calendar

  Tool to help providers map out their 38 funded weeks across an academic year

  Early Years EYE funding Guidance

• Early Years Pupil Premium poster double sided A4

  Information poster for parents

  Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding Guidance Leaflet

• Early Years Pupil Premium poster double sided A5

  Information poster for parents

  Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding Guidance Leaflet

• Early Years Pupil Premium poster single sided A3

  Information poster for parents

  Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding Guidance Leaflet

• Early Years Pupil Premium poster single sided A4

  Information poster for parents

  Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding Guidance Leaflet

• Early Years Pupil Premium poster single sided, full details

  Information poster for parents

  Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding Guidance Leaflet

• Considerations when spending Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) funding

  Support for deciding how to spend funding effectively

  Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding Guidance

• Early Years Pupil Premium Summative Assessments PVI

  Making Summative Assessment Judgements to Track Progress (PVI)

  Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding Guidance

• Early Years Pupil Premium template letter

  Template letter for sending to parents

  Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding Guidance

• Early Years Pupil Premium Alverbridge Nursery Case Study 2018

  Hampshire examples of Early Years Pupil Premium funding impact

  Case Study Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding

• Early Years Pupil Premium Case Study Basingstoke

  Hampshire examples of Early Years Pupil Premium funding impact

  Case Study Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding

• Early Years Pupil Premium Case Study East Hants

  Hampshire examples of Early Years Pupil Premium funding impact

  Case Study Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding

• Early Years Pupil Premium Case Study New Forest

  Hampshire examples of Early Years Pupil Premium funding impact

  Case Study Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding

• Early Years Pupil Premium Case Study Rushmoor

  Hampshire examples of Early Years Pupil Premium funding impact

  Case Study Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding

• Early Years Pupil Premium Case Study Test Valley

  Hampshire examples of Early Years Pupil Premium funding impact

  Case Study Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding

• Early Years Pupil Premium Steady Steps Nursery and Pre-School 2018

  Hampshire example of Early Years Pupil Premium funding impact

  Case Study Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding

• EYPP transition information

  Ensure continuity in learning and development for all children

  Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding Guidance Inclusion Leaflet Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Hindi)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Guidance on Toileting Needs in Schools and Early Years Settings June 2020

  Toileting needs in Hampshire schools and early years settings

  Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance Healthy Early Years Inclusion School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (English)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Arabic)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Bulgarian)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Hungarian)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Nepali)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Polish)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Portuguese)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Romanian)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Russian)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Spanish)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Turkish)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready? This document needs to be printed on A4 not as a leaflet.

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Ukrainian)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready?

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• Ready Steady School leaflet (Urdu)

  Is your child starting school soon? Are they ready? Are you ready? This document needs to be printed on A4 not as a leaflet.

  Inclusion Leaflet School Readiness Transition

• EYSFF staff quality calculator

  A calculator for use by providers

  Calculator Early Years EYE funding EYNFF Guidance Staff

• Blank family tree template

  Printable family tree template

  Designated Safeguarding Lead Leaflet Safeguarding

• Family Information and Services Hub

  Information about what's going on in your area, how to access services, organisations and activities in Hampshire, and advice and support

  Childcare provider resources Guidance

• Flu immunisation for early years settings

  Guidance for early years childcare settings on the nasal spray flu (influenza) vaccination for preschool children

  Childcare provider resources Guidance Medical

• Healthcare needs and critical incidents guidance

  Guidance to support children and young people with additional healthcare needs in EY and childcare settings including response to critical incidents

  Critical incidents Designated Safeguarding Lead Guidance Healthcare Safeguarding

• Hampshire Health in Education

  Resources to help children thrive

  Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance Healthy Early Years

• Hygiene and infection control advice

  How to keep a setting clean and prevent the spread of infection

  Childcare provider resources Guidance Medical

• IEP form

  IEP blank template form

  Form IEP Inclusion

• Sample IEP

  IEP form filled in with an example

  Guidance IEP Inclusion

• Early Years SEN Inclusion Fund application form

  Application form to request additional financial support for SEN children, updated November 2023

  Form Inclusion SEN funding

• Children's Services Grants and Funding

  Links to further information about Hampshire County Council grants and funding

  Guidance Inclusion SEN funding

• Early Years SEN Inclusion Fund Guidelines and Application Process

  Guidance on additional financial support for children to attend early years education (EYE) provision

  Guidance Inclusion SEN funding

• Infant and Toddler Forum

  Supporting families to make healthier nutritional choices and promotes good eating habits in early life, for a healthy future for generations of children

  Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance Healthy Early Years

• Kids Active – play and opportunity for disabled children

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Knowing your business

  Using your information to improve your business

  Business support Cash flow Guidance Planning and running your business

• Local Authority Designated Officer handout

  Information about the role of the LADO

  Designated Safeguarding Lead Guidance Leaflet Safeguarding

• HSCP Model Child Protection Policy, Procedure and Guidance

  Schools and Education

  Child Protection Designated Safeguarding Lead Guidance Policy Safeguarding

• Safeguarding Information for Parents and Carers

  Worried about a child? Safeguarding children is everyone’s responsibility

  Designated Safeguarding Lead Guidance Leaflet Safeguarding

• Services for Young Children Moodle

  Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

  Designated Safeguarding Lead Guidance Safeguarding

• Hampshire Local Offer

  Hampshire's Local Offer for Special Educational Needs and / or Disabilities

  Childcare provider resources Guidance

• Managing your childcare business

  Techniques to assist supervisors and management teams

  Business support Guidance Planning and running your business

• Managing finance

  Skills for running and sustaining your childcare business

  Business support Cash flow Guidance Planning and running your business

• Marketing your childcare business

  Sales and marketing activities to help you fill your childcare places

  Business support Guidance Planning and running your business

• Mind your business

  A guide to successful self-employment for childminders

  Business support Guidance Planning and running your business

• Montessori Education (UK)

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• National Children’s Bureau

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• National Children’s Bureau, Children in Care Resources and Publications

  Resources and publications

  Children in care Publications Resources

• National Day Nurseries Association

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• National Extension College

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted)

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Hampshire CVS Network

  Dedicated to helping Hampshire’s voluntary organisations, community groups, and social enterprises to succeed and flourish

  Business support Community and voluntary providers Guidance

• Ofsted EY2

  You must apply to Ofsted if you want to take up a governance position in a daycare organisation

  Business support Community and voluntary providers Guidance

• Companies House

  The organisation incorporates and dissolves limited companies. It registers company information and makes it available to the public.

  Business support Guidance Planning and running your business

• Guidance where HCC Schools are considering a merger with an onsite preschool - updated June 2020

  Schools' guidance for onsite preschool merger

  Business support Guidance Planning and running your business

• Out of school provision

  Guidance for setting up out of school provision

  Business support Guidance Out of school, holiday & creche Planning and running your business

• Setting up childcare provision on school sites updated June 2024

  Guidance for setting up childcare provision on school sites

  Out of school, holiday & creche Wrap around

• Ofqual

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• PACEY

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Paediatric first aid

  Directory of independently sourced first aid training

  Medical Training Training organisations

• Planning for business success - foundation module

  Key principles and practical techniques for business planning

  Business support Guidance Planning and running your business

• Practical tips on allocating Early Years Pupil Premium funding

  Guidance from the Learning Together About Learning project

  Early Years Early Years pupil premium EYE funding Guidance Leaflet

• Early Years Alliance

  Contact for training and further information

  Training Training organisations

• Pricing your childcare service

  Identifying the pricing strategy that best suits your setting

  Business support Guidance Planning and running your business

• Registration with Ofsted

  Government advice on registering with Ofsted

  Business support Community and voluntary providers Guidance

• Early Communication and Language tool

  National Strategies child monitoring tool

  Early communication Guidance Inclusion Speech and language

• Solent children's therapy referral form

  Children's Therapy Service referral form

  Form Inclusion Speech and language

• Special Educational Needs Support Guidance for Early Years Providers

  Guidance for early years providers to support children and young people who do not have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan

  Guidance Inclusion SEN funding

• SEN Support Guidance for Early Years Providers

  To help Early Years providers identify, plan for, and meet the needs of children who have special educational needs or disabilities (SEND)

  Guidance Inclusion SEND Support

• Early Years and Childcare Providers Grant Funding Application Privacy Notice

  How the data that Hampshire County Council collects is handled

  Early Years EYE funding Funding Policy Privacy last updated February 2021

• SfYC general privacy notice

  How we use your information collected in contacts, groups and forums

  Early Years EYE funding Policy Privacy last updated July 2018

• Speech, language and communication prompt sheet

  Questions to gather an initial picture of a child’s overall communication skills

  Form Guidance Inclusion Speech and language

• Social communication

  Top tips for supporting social communication

  Guidance Inclusion Social Communication Needs and Autism Speech and language

• Social communication toolkit

  Links to a range of training, resources, websites and strategies that can be used to support children with social communication difficulties

  Guidance Inclusion Social Communication Needs and Autism Speech and language

• Speech sound chart

  Chart showing age of acquisition of speech sounds in children

  Guidance Inclusion Speech and language

• Supporting families in the foundation year

  Gov.uk plan to create an effective support system for parents

  Childcare provider resources Guidance Policy

• Hempsall's All you need to know about Tax-Free Childcare - back to basics webinar presentation May 2023

  Information for childcare providers to sign up and offer Tax-Free Childcare to families

  Business support Guidance Tax-Free Childcare

• Hempsall's Increasing the take-up of Tax-Free Childcare webinar presentation February 2023

  Information for stakeholders to maximise take-up of Tax-Free Childcare

  Business support Guidance Tax-Free Childcare

• Tax-Free Childcare provider sign-up guidance

  How you as a provider can sign up for Tax-Free Childcare

  Business support Guidance Tax-Free Childcare

• YouTube Hempsall's All you need to know about Tax-Free Childcare - back to basics webinar May 2023

  Information for childcare providers to sign up and offer Tax-Free Childcare to families

  Business support Guidance Tax-Free Childcare

• YouTube Hempsall's Increasing the take-up of Tax-Free Childcare webinar presentation February 2023

  Information for stakeholders to maximise take-up of Tax-Free Childcare

  Business support Guidance Tax-Free Childcare

• Foundation Years - Hempsall's Tax-Free Childcare Webinar March 2022

  Tax-Free Childcare information for childcare providers

  Business support Guidance Tax-Free Childcare

• Tax-Free Childcare provider sign-up letter

  A template letter for providers to sign-up for Tax-Free Childcare

  Business support Form Tax-Free Childcare

• Tax-Free Childcare

  GOV.UK Tax-Free Childcare information

  Business support Guidance Tax-Free Childcare

• Tax-Free Childcare toolkit

  A government scheme to help households with their childcare costs

  Business support Guidance Tax-Free Childcare

• Tax-Free Childcare: Questions and Answers

  Questions and answers about Tax-Free Childcare scheme

  Business support Guidance Tax-Free Childcare

• Tax-Free Childcare: top things providers should know

  What you should know to be ready to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare

  Business support Guidance Tax-Free Childcare

• The Caroline Walker Trust

  Improving public health through good food

  Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance Healthy Early Years

• It's time to talk

  Tips to develop your child’s communication skills through everyday activities

  Guidance Inclusion Speech and language

• It's time to talk - leaflet

  Leaflet with tips for encouraging communication

  Guidance Inclusion Speech and language

• Transition Partnership Agreement (TPA) form

  Form to provide information about the child to support their transition from preschool

  Form Inclusion Transition

• Transition Partnership Agreement (TPA) guidance

  What is a TPA and how should it be used

  Guidance Inclusion Transition

• Transition meeting form

  Form to record the discussions had at the TPA meeting

  Form Inclusion Transition

• One Page Profile

  A blank One Page Profile which can be completed

  Inclusion Resources Transition

• One Page Profile (Example)

  An example One Page Profile for use as a reference

  Guidance Inclusion Resources Transition

• Person-Centred Transition Meetings

  An overview of person-centred transition meetings

  Guidance Inclusion Presentation Transition

• Transition to school (parents)

  What parents might want to know and ask when looking at schools

  Guidance Inclusion Transition

• Transition to school (EY practitioners)

  What Early Years Practitioners might want to know and ask a school when they are preparing children for transition

  Guidance Inclusion Transition

• Transition to school (schools)

  For schools - what parents and preschools might want to know and ask you when they are preparing children for transition

  Guidance Inclusion Transition

• Universal Credit and childcare

  You may be able to claim back up to 85% of your childcare costs if you’re eligible for Universal Credit.

  Business support Guidance Sources of Income

• Working Tax Credit: childcare element WTC5/CP

  Use this factsheet if you provide childcare for parents claiming help through tax credits

  Childcare provider resources Guidance

• Working with parents

  A guide to creating effective working relationships for childminders

  Business support Guidance Planning and running your business