Free Early Years Place Providers
This information is for early years and childcare providers operating in Nottinghamshire County (excluding the City)
If you need to contact the Council's Early Years team please contact us at:
Early Childhood Services
earlychildhoodservices@nottscc.gov.uk
Tel: 0115 977 2510
Provider Agreement
- Early Years Provider Agreement 2021-2024 (September 2022) [PDF]
- Provider Agreement 2024-2027 [PDF]
- Provider Agreement 2021-2024 Summary of changes (September 2022) [PDF]
- Provider Agreement: Data Processing [PDF]
- Child registration form [Word]
- Parent Declaration form [PDF]
Extended Childcare for 3 and 4 year olds (30 hours)
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
- DAF Eligibility Guidance [PDF]
- Transition grant application form 2023/2024 [Word]
- Early Years Inclusion Funding Panel Dates 2024 [PDF]
- Best Practice for Supporting Children's Emerging Needs [Word]
- Identifying and Supporting Children's Developmental Needs in Early Years Settings [Word]
- Referral to Schools and Families Specialist Services (SFSS) [Word]
- Accessing further support for Early Years settings [Word]
- Early Years Inclusion SEND Funding Descriptors [PDF]
- A Guide to Nottinghamshire Early Years Inclusion Funding [Word]
- Nottingham City Early Years SEND funding arrangements
- Neurodevelopmental Support Team (NBS) referral form
Early Years Pupil Premium
- Early Years Pupil Premium Voluntary Registration Form for Parents [PDF]
- Evidencing impact of EYPP [PDF]
- EYPP funding guidance [PDF]
Deprivation Fund
- Deprivation Fund Guidance [PDF]
- Child Protection conference agency report template [Word]
- Guidance for professionals invited to Child Protection Conferences [PDF]
Safeguarding
- Safeguarding Training Pathway [PDF]
- Existing Injuries Reflection Tool [PDF]
- New child SC involvement Flowchart [PDF]
- NCC Early Years Child Protection and Concern Files Audit Form [PDF]
- Chronology front sheet and concern form checklist [PDF]
- MASH Consultation Line Guidance [PDF]
- Domestic Abuse and Violence Nottinghamshire Services and Signposting [PDF]
- Safeguarding Children Information Management Team (SCIMT)
The Prevent Duty
- How can the Prevent team help me?
- The Prevent duty: an introduction for those with safeguarding responsibilities - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Understanding and identifying radicalisation risk in your education setting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Managing risk of radicalisation in your education setting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Case studies - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Making a referral to Prevent - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Prevent Duty | Nottinghamshire County Council
Quality and Attainment Support
- Early Childhood Services Offer to Schools [PDF]
- Early Years specialist teacher information for parents and consent form [Word]
- Quality and Attainment Team Service standards [PDF]
- RAG Rating document [PDF]
Training and Development
Data Protection and GDPR
- Example of an Information Assets Form for early years providers [Word]
- Nottinghamshire County Council Early Childhood Services Privacy Notice [PDF]
- EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - information for PVI providers in Nottinghamshire [PDF]
Childminders
- New to childminding - quick access frequently asked questions [PDF]
- Welcome childminder [PDF]
- Childminder RAG rating [PDF]
- Childminder Service Standards [PDF]
Synergy Provider Access Module (PAM) and Payments information
- Guidance for EY settings who wish to make additional charges [PDF]
- Timetable of funded weeks, task and payment schedule 2024-25 [PDF]
- Supplementary funding table [PDF]
- Fees and Invoices guidance for providers 2022 [PDF]
- Provider access module instructions
- Early Years Providers 2024 Funding and Childcare Entitlements [PDF]
Tracking Children’s Progress
- Best Practice For Supporting Children's Emerging Needs [PDF]
- Early Years Intervention Record Sheet Green Form [DOC]
- Early Years Child Development Tool [PDF]
- Speech and Language Communication in the Early Years Progress Monitoring Sheet – Children with EAL Skills [PDF]
- Identifying and Supporting Children’s Developmental Needs in Early Years Settings
- Template For 2 Year Progress Summary Using Development Matters Dec 22 [DOC]
- Guidance For 2 Year Progress Summary Document Using Development Matters Dec 22 [DOC]
- Template For 2 Year Progress Summary Template Birth To 5. Dec 22 [DOC]
- Guidance For 2 Year Progress Summary Template Birth To 5. Dec 22 [DOC]
- Nottingham Children’s Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service Request for Support [DOC]
- Home Talk Referral to The Early Intervention Speech and Language Service for children aged 2-2½ years [PDF]
- Speech Language Therapy Referral Checklist (editable) [DOC]
Children’s Centre Services in Nottinghamshire
- Information for parents and members of the public
- Information for professionals (includes referral forms, menu of interventions and contact details)
- Nottinghamshire Children's Centres Leaflet [PDF]
Local and National EY Guidance
- Early Years Foundation Stage Framework
- Early education and childcare - Statutory guidance for local authorities on the provision of early education and childcare
- Early years entitlements: operational guidance For local authorities and providers [PDF]
- Childcare Act 2006
- Children learning through English as an Additional Language (EAL) with suspected Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)[PDF]
- Managing a Bereavement in an Early Years Setting Information Pack [PDF]
- Early Years Guidance for Nottinghamshire Maintained and Academy Schools[PDF]
- Thinking of Deferring School Entry [PDF]
Health Promotion Resources and Guidance
- A little Trip to the Dentist (encouraging families to take babies to a dentist) [PDF]
- Accident Prevention [PDF]
- Breastfeeding and infant feeding support in Nottinghamshire
- A Family Guide to Breastfeeding [PDF]
- Change for Life
- Family Nurse Partnership in Nottinghamshire
- Flu: 5 reasons poster [PDF]
- Protecting Children from Flu leaflet [PDF]
- Nottinghamshire Healthy Family Teams
- Oral Health Promotion in Nottinghamshire
- Starting Well Core Resource Pack for Health and Social Care and Early Years Professionals (North Midlands) [PDF]
- Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)[VIDEO]
- Nottinghamshire’s Wellbeing Service | Your Health Your Way (yourhealthnotts.co.uk)
- Heatwave Guidance for Early Years Settings [PDF]
- Heatwave leaflet for families [PDF]
- Baby Buddy app Poster [PDF]
- Baby Buddy app Booklet [PDF]
- Measles - School flyer [PDF]
- Health protection in schools and other childcare facilities
- Children's Centre Service: Vitamins [PDF]
- Healthy Start information [PDF]
Publicity
- 30 hours funded Childcare poster [PDF]
- 30 hours funded Childcare postcard [PDF]
- Childcare Choices and Childcare entitlement info [PDF]
- Childcare entitlements [PDF]
- DAF Post Card (Extra Funding in the Early Years) [PDF]
- 2-Year-Old Funding leaflet
- 3 and 4-Year-Olds 15 Hours Funding leaflet
- 3 and 4-Year-Olds 30 Hours Funding leaflet
- Tax-free Childcare Funding leaflet
- Childcare Funding leaflet
- Changes to childcare support 2023-2025
