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Schools Forum 3rd March 2014
Early Years Services
2015/16
Services for Young Children
2013/14
Local Development Team
- Childcare Development Coordinators
- Business Support Officers
- Early Years District Advisory Teachers (EYDATs)
- Children’s Centre Support Teachers (CCSTs)
- Leading Foundations Stage Practitioners (LFSPs)
- Area Inclusion Co-ordinators (INCOs)
- Portage
- Commissioned services (Professional Association for
Childcare and Early Years, Children’s Links)
Facts
• Population of children aged 0-4 years in
Hampshire is 78,925 (2.33% of England)
• Hants provides 3.32% of all childcare in
England and this represents 3.29% of places
• Early years education sector consists of
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372 preschools
266 day nurseries
348 childminders
25 independent nurseries and
11 maintained nursery classes
Performance
• 78% of childminders are judged good and
outstanding which is 4% above the England
average (June 2013)
• 83% of providers on non-domestic premises
received a good or outstanding judgement is
1% above England average (June 2013)
• EYFS results are significantly above national
levels and within the top quartile of statistical
neighbours
Early Years Foundation Stage
Performance 2012/13
Aspect
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 GLD
Hampshire
threshold
51%
54.5%
58.5%
64%
59%
National
threshold
52%
56%
59%
64%
52%
Hampshire Gap 32.6
30%
28.9%
26.7%
28.9%
National Gap
32.7%
31.4%
30.1%
36.6%
33.9%
% of children achieving 6+ points in key
areas of learning (2009 – 2012) or expected
or greater level (2013)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
PSED
74.9%
78.5%
80.55
84.4%
81.9%
CLL
54.9%
57.2%
60.9%
67.2%
78.4%
Impact on school attainment
Key Stage 1
Level 2 +
Level 3+
Measure
2011
2012
2013
2011
2012
2013
Speaking /
Listening
92%
93%
93%
32%
32%
34%
Reading
89%
90%
92%
34%
36%
39%
Writing
86%
88%
89%
14%
15%
17%
Changes to statutory guidance on
the role of the local authority
From
• Provide information, advice and training
to providers
To
• Advice only to those requiring
improvement or inadequate by Ofsted
Future direction
Statutory responsibilities of the local authority
• Ensuring sufficient early years education places
• Providing moderation for the Early Years Foundation Stage
• Responding to Ofsted outcomes
• Children’s Centres
Discretionary areas include
• Support for early years business management, staff training etc
• Delivering evidence based programmes to improve children’s
outcomes
• Providing EYFS advice to children’s centres and facilitating the
link between the work of children’s centres and schools
Overall LA Budget 2015/16
Statutory duty
£m
Children’s Centres
£9.4m
Sufficiency, Moderation,
Outcomes,
£1.9m
Total
£11.3m
• £6.8m reduction in non- Children’s Centre budget
over 2 years 2014/15, 2015/16
• Reduction in services that support preschools,
childminders and schools
Local Authority funding 2015/16
Sufficiency Duty
• Support for:
– providers and schools to develop needed early years education
– places provision when it is at risk of closure and places are needed
– safeguarding actions where issues arise
• Management of serious case reviews
• Promotion, administration and management of compliance with
the Early Years Education Funding scheme
• Maintenance of lists of approved Early Years Education
providers
• Implementation of removal process from the EYE approved
providers list and funding cessation for poor performance
Resource
• 8fte childcare development officers
Local Authority funding 2015/16
Outcomes duty
Early Years Foundation Stage
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Management and interpretation of data
Moderation of Profile judgements
Communications on changes
Training
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Advice on targeted training and support programmes where children are at risk
of poor outcomes
Updates for training colleges on latest policy developments
Overview of the qualification profile of the sector; signposting to funding and
training opportunities
Improvement
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The design and monitoring of support plans following a requires improvement or
inadequate Ofsted judgement
• Mediation of peer support where provision is poor
Resources
1 fte Quality Improvement Service Manager (Early Years), 2 early years advisors
and 1.4 fte training managers
Local Authority funding 2015/16
Children’s centres
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Delivery of children’s centre services through 54 centres
Monitoring, support and challenge to Children's Centres
Support during Ofsted inspections
Hampshire County Council premises and IT management
Liaison with partners to ensure joined up service delivery and
information sharing to meet the needs of vulnerable families
• Work with children’s centres to strengthen understanding of the
take-up of Early Years Education funding and their role in
promoting this to vulnerable families
• Guidance and support for the governance model.
DSG current funding (2014/15) for Early
Years
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Early years education for 2/3/4 year olds
2 year old provision training and support
Portage service
Area Inclusion service
SEN early years training
Speech and Language support
Total £60.5m (£60.0m Early Years Block, £0.5m High
Needs)
Proposals for DSG funding
Area
Current LA 13/14
Proposed DSG
Early Years Education
Support
£1.4m
£0.5m
Quality Improvement
Advice
£0.7m
£0.418m
Settings and Children’s
Centre EYFS Support
£1.281m
£0.725m
Total
£3.381m
£1.643m
• Targeting services to approximately 300 early years providers
including childminders from a potential sector of 1500 providers
• Work impacts upon 22,000 children
Discretionary services DSG might fund
2015/16
Early Years Education Support
• Support to childminders and group settings to strengthen
governance and leadership arrangements
• Support to setting to meet the welfare standards
• Specific support to childminders to raise the quality of early years
education delivery
Resources needed
• £500k to commission from the local authority or other organisation
• Offers 6 days per provider assuming 300 providers need support
Discretionary services
Alternative options: Early Years Education Support
• Group settings pay for support to strengthen governance and
leadership arrangements (approx. £250 per day, most settings
require 4-6 days support)
• Offer places on welfare standards training courses at minimal
cost e.g. pay for venue and refreshments where there are
spaces
• School peer mentors (schools cover costs) give specific support
to childminders to raise the quality of delivery
• Childminding support currently requires 2,730 days
Discretionary services DSG might fund
2015/16
Quality Improvement advice
• Provide direct support to Early Years Foundation Stage settings
and schools without good+ Ofsted judgements
• Deliver evidence based intervention programmes e.g. Promoting
Alternative Thinking Strategies, Personal Social Emotional
Development, Communication Language Literacy and tracking
progress programmes
• Deliver/support county wide training sessions on EYFS
Resources needed
• £418k for 8 fte Early Years District Advisory Teachers (reduced
from 13.3 fte)
Discretionary services
Alternative options: Quality Improvement advice
• Schools provide peer mentoring for settings not good+
• Schools run evidence based programmes
• Schools with EYFS development needs source own support
(accounts for 400 days)
Resources needed
• Support for providers and schools would equate to 1560 days
• £130k would be required for 2 fte staff to oversee support programme
• Or providers pay for support at £100 per place for training and £450
per day teacher support
Discretionary services DSG might fund
2015/16
Setting and Children’s Centre support
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Develop high quality practices for staff
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Develop systems for assessment and monitoring of progress
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Identify school level EYFS trends and steer settings’ priorities
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Deliver evidence based intervention programmes to improve
outcomes in specific areas of development
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Lead working with parents where children have been identified as
at risk of poor outcomes
Resources needed
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£723K for 15 fte Children’s Centre Support Teachers reduced from
26.8 fte
Discretionary services
Alternative options: Settings and children’s centre
support
• Schools provide support to catchment area children’s centre and to
linked early years settings
• 54 centres would need 1 day a week support which includes
support to linked early years provision
Resources required
• Retain 2 Children’s Centre Support Teachers to oversee continuing
professional development for peer mentors
• Cost £130k for staff
Could providers pay for support?
• Average cost of a member of staff is £27,000
• Early Years Single Funding Formula (EYSFF) for 3 year olds staffed on
a ratio of 1:8 gives £19,744 p.a (based on 2013/14 average EYE hourly
rate)
• Normal ratio of 1:6 which reduces income to £14,808 p.a
• Providers pay the difference through business model
• Increase in uptake of hours means that there is less opportunity to
charge for additional time
• Staffing tends to account for 80% of income
Resources required
• Approximately 15 pence on the base rate would be needed for
providers to cover total budget through purchasing services
• All providers would receive uplift rather than those most in need of
support
Options
• Early Years discretionary services to be
funded using the Early Years Block of DSG
• Early Years Education providers to buy all
discretionary services
• Schools to provide services directly with
some support from the LA funded from the
DSG
• Cease funding for discretionary services
Early Years Position 2015/16
Ongoing pressures already identified
£m
2 year old places underspend
1.6
DSG carry forward ending
0.5
Sub total
2.1
Potential DSG funding
Early Years Education Support
0.5
Quality Improvement Advice
0.4
School readiness and children’s centres
0.7
Sub total
1.6
SEN
Speech and language therapy
0.4
Total
4.1