Samantha Gordon What is the significance of assessing progress at this stage, why not wait until between three and four years when they’re ready for school?As an early years SEND manager in a nursery supporting children with physical disabilities and neurodiversity, I...
Lucy Lewin, PACEY Trustee My journey into registered childcare began in 2009 when I became a childminder. I knew that this was going to be an exciting adventure as I had been looking after friends children during school holidays for a few years before and...
Zara Smith, PACEY Advisor How do we ensure that we are still providing the best possible care to the children we look after whilst they are sleeping and what should we do to make sure that they are as safe as possible? The starting point is always to identify what...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Tax-Free Childcare has saved 649,935 families on their childcare costs during the 2022 to 2023 tax year, an increase of more than 137,500 from the previous year according to the latest statistics released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)...
Zara Smith, PACEY Advisor ‘Oral Health’ is explicitly referred to in Section 3 – The Safeguarding and the Welfare Requirement of the EYFS under Medicines, paragraph 3.45, because, whilst tooth decay is largely preventable, significant numbers of children aged 5...
