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Statutory guidance for local authorities on the provision of early education and childcare.
Summary About this guidance This statutory guidance from the Department…
The principles underlying the programme and the expectations that public health nursing teams are expected to meet when delivering services in England.
About the healthy child programme The healthy child programme is the…
Core components of the healthy child programme The healthy child programme…
The importance of health visiting Health visiting provides a unique…
The importance of school nursing School nursing teams are among the first…
Annex A: specific populations The following examples are not exclusive,…
Guidance for local authorities that will receive funding to deliver the holiday activities and food programme.
Introduction The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme provides…
How commissioners should establish, monitor and assure the quality of public health nursing services delivered under the healthy child programme in England.
The areas of public health where health visiting and school nursing teams in England can have the greatest impact.
Information local authorities should include in their agreements with early years providers to deliver free entitlements.
How local authorities in England can prepare to run the Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies programme.
Local authority allocations for the holiday activities and food programme and local authority support for school age childcare.
The funding available to local authorities since September 2024 to expand wraparound care, and their role in delivering it.
How local authorities and early years settings should provide the entitlement for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds.
Guidance for local authorities on the local authority capacity support funding for school-age childcare.
A toolkit to support commissioning of supervised toothbrushing programmes in early years settings and schools.
Guidance for local authorities pre-selected to take part in the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme between financial years 2022 to 2025.
Information on indicators of local authority early education services, and ways to compare an individual local authority to other local authorities.
Information for NHS and public health professionals focusing on the life course approach which aims to give people fairer life chances.
Technical information for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the early education and childcare entitlements expansions.
The funding rates the Department for Education will use to set funding for local authorities in 2015 to 2016.
Advice for how local authorities plan and commission public health services for children aged 0 to 5 as part of the universal health visitor reviews.
Guidance to support local authorities in England to develop and promote their local Start for Life offers.
Guidance for local authorities evaluating the impact of 30 hours free childcare in their area.
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