Early Years and Extended Schools

This section holds lots of useful information for practitioners looking for information about Early Years, Extended Schools and Children's Centres.

Get comprehensive guidance and resources on the Extended School's and Integrated Children's Centre agenda for York.

Access support with recruiting staff including finding candidates and advertising your vacancies for free.

Access support and information relating to the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Early Years Settings can access a range of support, including a team of Extended Schools Remodelling Consultants.

Find out how a range of teams and agencies work to ensure that childcare in York matches the needs of local families.

Find out about funding opportunities for play, the city’s strategy for play (Taking Play Forward) and much more.

The Graduate Leader Fund is for PVI settings to support the development of Early Years Professional Status and settings access qualifications.

Download resources and information that will support your setting to be more inclusive.

If you are thinking about setting up any childcare provision in the City of York area then there are lots of things to take into account.

Common Assessment Framework, Children and Young People's Plan, Parenting... and much more. Find out about York's local strategies.

Capital funding is being made available to early years provision.

York is currently a pathfinder for delivering extended and flexible Early Education funding for 3 and 4 year olds and also for 2 year olds.

Out-of-school club resources

See the out-of-school club page holds lots of useful information for Playworkers looking for information and support about out-of-school provision

You can download copies of the new Ofsted Self Evaluation Form or complete yours online (opens in new window). For more information about Self Evaluation Forms contact your ESRA.

The York Training and Development Unit are running a course over 5 weeks aiming to ensure that lead practitioners within out of school settings have a sound working knowledge of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and understand how to implement this in their settings.

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