Children and Family Services Provider Briefing Welcome Spring 2015

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Children and Family Services Provider Briefing Early Years Pupil Premium – Preparing for April 2015 Safeguarding An introduction to the new Supervision Toolkit Partnership Working Updates – the way forward

Children and Family Services This EYPP briefing session will support you in understanding what the EYPP is and why we need it identifying children who are eligible for the EYPP effectively communicating the EYPP to parents/carers spending the premium on effective interventions to ensure it makes a difference identifying children’s learning needs correctly and tracking their progress demonstrating the impact of interventions establishing strategies to support the first few months of delivery Finding further information, support and guidance

Children and Family Services Early Years Pupil Premium Focus on making a difference - identified children’s progress - quality of provision Narrowing the gap Opportunities

Children and Family Services “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” Winston Churchhill

Children and Family Services Leaders and Managers The EYPP has huge potential to close the gap in attainment…..it is in the early years that it will make the most difference. If we show as a sector that the EYPP works, we will have the grounding to keep on pushing for more. Are you committed to making it work?

Children and Family Services What is the Early Years Pupil Premium? £50 million in to extend the pupil premium into the early years. Introduced from April 2015 The EYPP will provide early years providers with additional support for disadvantaged 3 & 4 year olds (accessing FEEE) The EYPP will be paid at an hourly rate, in addition to the rate for the funded entitlement (53p per child per hour) Money will follow the child LA’s are required to fund any provider rated ‘outstanding’ or ‘good’ but can attach conditions to funding ‘requires improvement’ providers

Children and Family Services Leaders and Managers How will you inform all staff/owners/committee members about the EYPP?

Children and Family Services Why do we need the Early Years Pupil Premium?

Children and Family Services Who will be eligible? Criteria Eligibility Checker Guidance and forms

Children and Family Services Communicating the Early Years Pupil Premium to parents/carers Knowing your families Sensitive and positive dialogue with parents Presentation pack for parents

Children and Family Services Leaders and Managers What challenges might providers face in communicating the EYPP to parents/carers and checking eligibility?

Children and Family Services Spending the Early Years Pupil Premium “ It ain’ t what you spend but the way that you spend it… ” (EEF) It must be used to improve the early years education of disadvantaged children How it is spent must be based on research of what really works. Providers will be held accountable for how they have used the EYPP at Ofsted inspection Providers need to develop an action plan to detail how they intend to spend the money

Children and Family Services What will make a difference to young children’s lives? Families and parents are critical to children’s development, learning and progress The home learning environment is crucial Early intervention is fundamental Language and communication is a ‘vital underpinning skill’ and an indicator of future success

Children and Family Services Early Years Pupil Premium- Evidence/Research The Sutton Trust-Education Endowment Fund Teaching and Learning Toolkit (will be extended to include early years) Cambridge County Council: A Pupil Premium handbook for Cambridge Schools Oxford School Improvement: The Pupil Premium Making it Work Ofsted The Pupil Premium: an update

Children and Family Services How might the EYPP be used? People Partnerships Physical

Children and Family Services Identifying children’s learning needs and tracking progress Robust tracking system Accuracy of judgments Well trained staff Individual Progress Trackers Early Assessment Review Progress Summaries Early Language and Communication Assessment Cohort Trackers

Children and Family Services Action Planning- ensuring impact Activity Read the sample action plans from Puddleduck Playgroup, Strawberry Fields Day Nursery and the childminder Using the ‘Top Tips’ discuss strengths and how the action plans could be further improved

Children and Family Services Accountability Demonstrating the impact of interventions Ofsted inspection Role of leaders/managers

Children and Family Services Inspection reports will include a statement on the strategies used to raise the attainment of disadvantaged children, and how you have used the EYPP to support these strategies Ofsted

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Early Years Pupil Premium Market Place Events EYPP Support Café Rolling programme of presentations

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Questions Before you leave if you have any questions that you feel have not been answered today please write them on a ‘post it’ note. These questions will then be used to inform our FAQ which will be put on to the website

Children and Family Services Safeguarding

Children and Family Services Early Years Provider Updates ( ) Professional Advice Line Serious case reviews -Share Aware -We have the right to be safe; Protecting children from abuse Serious case reviews – Link to Information lscb -Competencies -Keep Safe online -Childrens work force matters -Safeguarding Matters

Children and Family Services How has the information in the Provider Updates regarding safeguarding been utilised in your setting ? What has been the impact of this on the setting /staff/parents/children ? How has this contributed to the evidencing of the Competency Framework ?

Children and Family Services Supervision Toolkit

Children and Family Services Supervision Toolkit Good supervision can give staff an opportunity to reflect on their practice, explore any worries or concerns about the welfare of children in the setting and contribute towards developing confident and competent staff groups. All of these are known to be important in establishing safe organisations where children are safeguarded from harm. This Toolkit will provide information to support managers and staff to undertake effective Supervision, it will highlight the difference between Supervision and Appraisal and the Appendix includes ready to use forms.

Children and Family Services The GROW Model Coaching Technique Observation and Feedback Providing Constructive Feedback Giving and Receiving Feedback Active Listening Effective Questioning Challenging and Confronting Staff Suitability and Disqualification Staff Suitability Declaration Disciplinary Policy and Procedure Supervision Record Form Appraisal Record Form Observation Record Form Supervision Agreement Form Safeguarding Children Questionnaire The Toolkit Includes

Children and Family Services Updates Early Years Provider Updates ( ) Latest News available at

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