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Providing high-quality care and education for young children is enormously rewarding.

It provides a much-needed service for local communities and, most importantly, makes a huge difference to the development and well-being of children.

Research the need

Before starting up your early years business it is important to assess what the demand for a new early years provision is likely to be.

You will need to take various steps such as:

• Creating opportunities to talk to parents informally, for instance, in local baby and toddler groups, libraries or through surveys.
• Finding out what鈥檚 already available through early years audits carried out by every local authority.
• Viewing details on parents鈥� use of early years provision and their views and experiences through the Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents.
• Contacting your local Family Information Service for lists of other providers in the area with their hours of operation.

Financial viability

You can register with your local authority to claim funding to provide part-time early years education places for three- and four-year-old children, and eligible two-year-old children.

You may offer the funded places as 15 hours a week, either as five hours over three days or three hours over five days.

Some three and four-year-olds will also be eligible for a 30 hours funded place. You can register to provide for this at .

新澳门六合彩官网开奖 registration

If you will be looking after children under the age of eight years for more than two hours a day you will need to register with The Office for Standards in Education, Children鈥檚 Services and Skills (新澳门六合彩官网开奖). If you are a childminder, you can choose either to register with 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 or with a Childminder Agency. 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 inspects and regulates the quality and standards of care and education in childcare provision.

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)

The Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage is a mandatory framework for all 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 registered childcare providers caring for children from birth to five years. It was developed to ensure that all childcare services provide a safe and secure environment for children and support children鈥檚 learning through carefully planned play activities that are fun and appropriate to their needs.

Premises

Early years provision may be provided on domestic premises (for example, in the home of a childminder) or on non-domestic premises (such as a pre-school in a community hall or nursery on a school site). The premises that you operate from must comply with the EYFS requirements. In choosing premises you will also need to consider whether the building is in a good state of repair, if it is safe and secure for the children, whether appropriate toilet and kitchen facilities are available, whether the premises are easy for families to get to and whether they are accessible to children and adults with disabilities.

Health and safety

The safety of the children and adults in the provision is a central theme throughout the EYFS. You will have a duty to develop effective procedures for ensuring that the provision is secure and that any risks are identified and managed through regular risk assessments; safeguarding and protecting children from harm or abuse; maintaining high standards of hygiene; regularly checking fire procedures and equipment.

Data Protection

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) you will need to put systems in place to ensure any personal data you collect is securely processed, stored and destroyed. You will also need to issue those whose personal data you collect, such as parents, employees and volunteers with a privacy notice.

Insurance

Early years providers must have adequate insurance cover. Some forms of insurance are required by law or for 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 registration, such as public liability insurance and employers鈥� liability insurance (where applicable). Others are not legally required but are still necessary because they provide protection for the provision and for those that use and are responsible for it.

Safeguarding and child protection

Every provider is required to have and implement a safeguarding children policy and procedures which follows the guidance and procedures of the local safeguarding partners.  Safeguarding policies and procedures should also address the needs of young people and vulnerable adults who have contact with the setting.

Employer responsibilities

As an employer, you will need to take steps to ensure that your employees, job applicants, service users and volunteers are treated in a fair and consistent manner. Everyone has certain legal rights, including the right not to be discriminated or harassed on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, or sex.

Inclusion and diversity

For the benefit of all staff and families, equality and inclusion must be embraced throughout your provision. The Equality Act 2010 requires childcare providers to ensure their policies, procedures and practices promote equality of opportunity and prevent discrimination towards children and adults in the provision.

新澳门六合彩官网开奖 also have a duty to regard the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice (DfE 2015) when meeting the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities and developing a special educational needs policy.

Thinking of starting a new childcare provision?

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