Early Years Service
Advisory Support, Childcare 0-19 and Children's Centres
Overview of the Early Years Service aims, including a job role structure.
Overview of how the duties from the Childcare Act are met.
Information on each children's centre, including contacts, course and groups.
Under the Childcare Act 2006 local authorities take on a new duty from April 2008 to ensure, so far as is reasonably possible, that the provision of childcare is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents in their area in order to enable them to work or undertake education or training leading to work. View the full assessments and summary documents.
As of April 2010 the early learning and childcare funding for three and four year olds increased to 15 hours per week. Your child is entitled to up to 15 hours of free early learning and childcare each week for up to 38 weeks a year during school term time.
This service supports the inclusion of disabled children and young people (0 to 16) during their transition into play, leisure and extended schools opportunities, wrap-around-care, childminding and early years provisions.
Information for parents about national and local requirements that childcare providers must have regard for.
Information for all early years' providers, and includes information about Ofsted registers, requirements, complaints and inspection, the EYFS, and setting up childcare.
Information for early years providers regarding all of the weekly and fortnightly information emails and attachments sent by the Early Years Service.
Information about the key partners we work with and links to their websites. This includes the Family Information Service, Business Support Team, Trio Childcare, Plymouth Early Years Inclusion Service, Devon Childminding Association and the Job Centre Plus.
Plymouth now has a landmark of its own with the creation and publication of its Play Policy and Strategy, available on this page.
The toolkit consists of a series of model policies, procedures and forms to support the development of safer online practice in early years settings.
The aim of the toolkit is to promote healthy eating, good hygiene practices and an awareness of other safety and well-being issues amongst parents of children aged 0 to 3 years old. This information is for the provider sector (pre-schools, nurseries, out of school clubs and child minders).
Information for early years providers regarding training available through the Early Years Service and partner agencies, and information about the Graduate Leader Fund and Early Years Professional pathways.
A summary report based on the safeguarding audits carried out in the early years sector has to be delivered to Plymouth Safeguarding Children Board on an annual basis. It is also a requirement for all funded settings to complete the audit.
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