LED events June and July 2018 Sue Robb, OBE Head of f Early Years, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

LED events June and July 2018 Sue Robb, OBE – Head of f Early Years, Action for Children

Aim ims  Learn • 30 Hour delivery • 2 year old entitlement  Explore • SMAP • EYFS Profile  Debate • Workforce • SEND  Network • Reception Baseline

Programme (a (am) 10:00 Welcome, Introductions, Aims  Delivery of the entitlements: - 30 hours - 2 year olds  Social Mobility Action Plan 11:45 Networking Refreshment Break 12:00 EYFS - Profile - SEND  Workforce  Reception Baseline Assessment 1:15 Sector News  Plenary, Evaluation 1:30 Close

Programme (p (pm) 1:30 Welcome, Introductions, Aims • Delivery of the entitlements: - 30 hours - 2 year olds • Social Mobility Action Plan 2:45 Networking Refreshment Break 3:00 EYFS - Profile - SEND • Workforce • Reception Baseline Assessment 4:15 Sector News • Plenary, Evaluation 4:30 Close

DfE fE – Policy Priorities Narrowing the Delivery of the development gap entitlements at age 5

30 hours delivery ry  A big thank you to providers and partners  Children and families benefitting from 30 hours have only done so because of you  One of the biggest changes in business and funding arrangements in the sector  Rethought traditional ways of working; and adapted to new systems and funding  340,000 children are in 30 hours places as of 22 nd June 2018  Over 225,000 parents parents have a Tax Free Childcare account on childcarechoices.gov.uk

30 hours delivery ry • Statutory Guidance for Early Education and Childcare has been updated – 22 nd June https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-education-and- childcare--2 • Operational Guidance updated to include the extension of 30 hours to cover children in foster care https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free- childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide • Updated model agreement https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-early-years- provision-and-childcare-model-agreement

30 hours delivery ry • Impact of 30 hours is now starting to be understood; financially and socially • Reflecting on how 30 hours affecting two-year-olds places, and access to all entitlements by least advantaged and low income families, and how these link with the social mobility plan objectives • Business models have been affected and need to respond for year two • Move forward with cautious confidence, build new partnerships, and support change • Year two: new children will be starting for the first time, there will be different needs and demands • Comprehensive evaluation of the policy is underway – findings will be published later this year

30 hours delivery ry - data coll llection This year, have you seen an increase in business planning confidence for 30 hours? Please tick Response Yes, it has grown It has stayed the same No, it has reduced I cannot answer Not applicable

2 year old delivery • 71% take up of offer – awaiting update • Differing picture across the country • National and International Research highlights the importance of quality early experiences to support learning and development

2 year old delivery • Video “Oh to be 2”

Social mobility action plan - SMAP

Narrowing the gap – what makes a difference Narrowing the development and what are we doing gap at age 5 Child outcomes Supporting • EEF Early years: professional ‘place based’ development and leadership • Early years social mobility peer review practice fund - £5m programme & Early outcomes fund - £8.5m • EYFSP reforms • Speech, language & communication • Professional • English Hubs Building the partnership with PHE development evidence base fund – £20m • Capital fund • Take up of existing entitlements • Workforce • Teaching & strategy Leadership commitments Innovation Fund Improving e.g L2 • Strategic School Local services practice in consultation, Improvement schools L3 SEND qual Fund • Home Learning Environment trials - £5m Schools Other Improving practice in pre- reception settings The home Early years settings

SMAP Home Learning Environment trials • EEF appointed contractor to deliver HLE trials st June and closes on 27 th July • Call for bids opened on 1 https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/how- to- apply/themed-rounds/improving-the-home-learning-environment/ Speech, Language and Communication partnership with PHE • Advisory board met for first time in April. Includes RCSLT, ICAN, Jean Gross, DfE, PHE, Prof James Law • ITT for SLC assessment tool, CPD package and health visitor training due to be published shortly

SMAP Local Government early years social mobility programme • Grant in place with LGA to deliver peer review programme. • LGA, EIF and DFE working jointly to develop the framework for the programme. • Three pilot authorities will trial framework – Wigan, Bexley and Cambridgeshire/Peterborough – due to complete over next two months • Dashboard in development – hoping to test with LAs in next month or so (post publication of latest take up data)

SMAP English Hubs • Lead school selection underway. Procurement for Centre of Excellence in Literacy Teaching launched 11 June Professional Development for pre-reception settings • Extensive stakeholder engagement over last few months as we develop delivery plan. • Currently agreeing delivery approach and targeting with ministers. SSIF Round 3 and TLIF • SSIF R3 closed in April. Bids currently bring assessed. • TLIF procurement underway – tenders being evaluated now.

SMAP EEF What Works Fund • First bid round closed late March. High number of bids received. • Shortlisting took place in April, and EEF have been conducting due diligence on shortlisted bids. Hope to announce successful bids shortly. • Round 2 planned for autumn. Schools nursery capital fund • Currently agreeing targeting and approach with ministers. • Working with head teachers to develop best practice guidance for schools who wish to set up a nursery. Three roundtables held in RSC regions – East Midlands & Humberside, North of England and North-west London South Central England.

Refreshment and discussion – caption competition

EYFS Update

EYFS Profile Review- start of f the jo journey  Experts have worked with DfE to produce draft ELGS, draft profile handbook, and draft revised EYFS to reflect changes to the ELGs  Intent is to reduce teacher workload – especially around evidence collection moderation, alignment with year 1  EEF, National Centre for Social Research and Action for Children will work together to support schools participating in an independent evaluation  Summer 2019 National centre for Social Research will produce an independent evaluation to inform ELGs and process  Autumn 2019 national consultation on the ELGS  Revised EYFS and EYFSP published 2020  Schools can adopt September 2020 or when statutory in September 2021

SEND dis iscussion – questions to consider  What do we need to do more off to support SEND in relation to the EYFS?  What are the challenges?  What is going well?

Workforce - update SEND • Developed level 3 qualification specification for EY SENCO + draft job specification, plus level 2 qualification under development • Details available on Nasen and Foundation Years websites http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/2018/04/ey-senco/ http://www.sendgateway.org.uk/resources.ey-senco-l3-qualification-specification.html • At least two awarding bodies have said they are planning to take this forward Level 2 and careers pathways • Level 2 Early Years Practitioner criteria – Consultation has now ended. Analysis and government response being finalised. Expect to be published before September • Interactive Careers Pathway Document – sharing with careers advice professionals and will be published online shortly

Work rkforce – PsLA Report “Minds Matter” • 25% of respondents are considering leaving the early years sector due to stress or mental health difficulties. • 66% of respondents say their personal relationships have been negatively affected by work-related stress or mental health difficulties over the past year. • 62% of (non- self employed) respondents work outside of paid working hours ‘very often’, with a further 19% working outside of paid working hours ’quite often’. • 62% of respondents do not think their work life and non-work life are balanced. • 44% of respondents have felt stressed about work or an issue relating to work in the last month ‘very often’, and a further 30% ‘quite often’

PsLA Report “Minds Matter”(continued)  The top four sources of stress identified by respondents were ‘Administration and paperwork’, ‘Financial resources of the setting’, ‘Workload (other than administration and paperwork)’ and ‘Pay’.  The most commonly cited symptoms / health impacts experienced due to work or where work was a contributing factor cited by respondents were fatigue ( 60% ), loss of motivation ( 58% ), anxiety ( 57% ) and insomnia ( 53% ).  52% of respondents have not spoken to anyone at work about their stress or mental health issues.