What’s new in Childcare?
PVI FORUM
Children in Green Space Outdoor Activities Half Term
Design a Nest Box competition
Happier January action calendar 2021
Hunt for the Giggle Poster
Story Makers BE KIND - POSTER
30 hours for working parents will your setting be offering it? Please click
here for more about the 30 hour offer.
Provision the local authority expects to be made available by schools, early years and post-16 providers
Update on the Childcare Bill:
Childcare Bill (0.08MB)
Explanatory Notes - Childcare Bill (0.22MB)
Early Years Teacher Organisation for practitioners with EYP Status/EYT Status
EYTO Document 
The full list of all the circumstances that disqualify people from working with children is available in the schedules to the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009:
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1547/contents/made 
Schedules to the Regulations (which detail the disqualification orders, offences etc)
If a member of staff or applicant is or may be disqualified from working with children, they will need to request a form to apply to Ofsted to waive the disqualification by emailing disqualification@ofsted.gov.uk
The Ofsted ‘Applying to waive disqualification: early years and childcare providers’ process is available here
The DfE has made a National Prospectus Grant available – open to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations for innovative approaches that help outcomes for children and young people, particularly those who are disadvantaged, and support their families:
Tameside's Services Information Directory for Children, Young People and Families provides information on a range of national and local organisations, together with their contact details and how to access them.
