1. Sandwell Quality Early Years and Childcare Team 7 February 2018
Readiness for School
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Sandwell Quality Early Years and Childcare Team
7 February 2018

2. Quality Early Years and Childcare Team
Early Years Manager
1 FTE
Support, guidance & advise to Schools, PVIs, Childminders & Children Centres
Children Centre Teachers
6.4 FTE
Early Years Team
Family Information Service
7 staff
Workforce Development Officer
0.8 FTE
Project Officer
0.8 FTE
PPEL Manager
1 FTE
Quality Support Officer
1 FTE
Development Worker
1 FTE
Early Years link between providers, Children Centres & Local Authority
Universal & bespoke training
EYFSP moderation
Data analysis
Quality assurance
Ofsted support
Information on a wide variety of childcare & activities for parents
Statutory duty for disabled children’s register
Conduct CSR
Promote council services through events & marketing
Leading EY project work, for example implementation of:
Two year old offer
30 hours
EYPP
DAF
Work with Schools, PVIs, Childminders, Foster Carers & Children Centres to deliver PEAL, REAL & REAM to EY Practitioners and Parents
Supporting Inadequate & Requires Improvement settings
General advice for out of school clubs
Identify gaps in practice i.e. safeguarding & welfare
Identify & commission training
Support & manage the work of the team
Links with the SSCB
Early Years communication
Pre & post registration for childminders
Guidance & support on EYFS, Ofsted & welfare, liaising with CCT & outside agencies
Deliver training
Parental Support Service
1.2 FTE
Play Service
5 staff
The Workplace Day Nursery
21 staff
Support, advise & resource loan service to schools, PVIs and children Centres
Forest Schools; play schemes (inc. SEND)
Training
Parent programmes (Changes)
Train trainers, courses for parents
Within children centres
Subsidised places for council employees
0 – 5 year olds

3. ‘Black Country children 'getting off to a poorer start in life' compared to rest of UK’ Express and Star 28 December 2017

4. Readiness for School …
We want all our children in Sandwell to start school having met their developmental milestones

5. Wider Determinants of School Readiness
Healthy Pregnancies – To reduce incidence of low birthweight requires prevention of unplanned pregnancies, reducing smoking and alcohol consumption in pregnancy and improving maternal nutrition.
Maternal Mental Health – Can be improved by social and family support, positive couple relationships, reducing maternal stress and anxiety, early identification of post-natal depression.
The Public Health contribution to school readiness focusses on upstream prevention and early identification of developmental delay. Health Visitors use the Solihull Approach and Promotional Guides. The Best Start Team are being trained in the Mood Masters programme, and client outcomes monitored using standardised tool.
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6. Wider Determinants of School Readiness
Parenting Capacity – Promoting attachment, improving parents’ understanding of child development and sensitivity to their child’s needs, understanding the impact of current and previous life experiences, appropriate care and interaction, everyday learning/play.
Increasing physical activity in the Early Years – Movement, co-ordination and manipulation affect other areas of development and learning.
High Quality Early Years Education – (See info from Early Years Team)
All the above can mitigate against the impact of Child Poverty.
Physical activity for young children is an important component of early brain development and learning
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7. What is a good level of development?

8. Sandwell Data 2013 52% 46% 120 2014 60% +8% 54% 137 2015 66% +6% 58%
Year
National
Good Level Of
Development
Difference upon previous year
Sandwell
% of children achieving Good Level of Development
Difference on previous year
Sandwell’s national position (154 LAs)
2013
52%
46%
120
2014
60%
+8%
54%
137
2015
66%
+6%
58%
+4%
147
2016
69%
+3%
61%
151
2017
71%
+2%
64%

9. Our neighbours GLD 2014 2015 2016 2017 Birmingham 56% 62% 64% 66%
2014
2015
2016
2017
Birmingham
56%
62%
64%
66%
Dudley
57%
61%
65%
Sandwell
54%
58%
Walsall
53%
Wolverhampton

10. WellComm Speech and Language screening Autumn 2016
Red
12 months + behind age
Amber
6 months behind age
Green
No. Pupils
Total
Pupils Screened
Male
1107 (39.5%)
581 (20.8%)
1111 (39.7%)
2799
Female
789 (29.9%)
587 (22.2%)
1267 (47.9%)
2643
5442
60.3% of boys are not screened at their appropriate age and stage
52.1% of girls are not screened at their appropriate age and stage

11. Children Learn Through Purposeful Play
The process of play and learning is more important than the outcome