Early years stronger practice hubs
Background
Early years stronger practice hubs provide advice, share good practice and offer evidence-based professional development for early years practitioners.
They are part of the early years education recovery support package, which also includes the early years experts and mentors programme.
The programme is supported by the Education Endowment Foundation and the National Children’s Bureau. It is funded for 2 years, until late 2024.
More information is available on the National Children’s Bureau website.
What the hubs do
Each Stronger Practice Hub will support settings to adopt well-evidenced practice improvements by:
- Establishing local networks of settings to share knowledge and effective practice.
- Proactively sharing information and advice on evidence-based approaches, for example, through newsletters, blogs and social media.
- Acting as a point of contact for bespoke advice, and signposting to other funded support.
- Working with the Education Endowment Foundation to select evidence-based programmes to fund and make available to settings.
Location
Our nearest hubs are:
Thames Valley Early Years Stronger Practice Hub
Local authorities covered:
West Berkshire Council, Wokingham Borough Council, Bracknell Forest Council, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Reading Borough Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Milton Keynes Council, Slough Borough Council, Southampton City Council, Portsmouth City Council, Hampshire County Council (flexible arrangement with Kent SPH for Isle of Wight delegates to join us for events)
Lead setting: Blagdon Nursery School - Reading
Partners:
Kent Early Years Stronger Practice Hub (KEYSPH)
Local authorities covered:
Kent, Medway, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton and Hove and Isle of Wight
Lead setting: Discovery Day Nursery
Partners:
- Northfleet Nursery School
- Smarties Nursery
- Oaks Day Nursery
- Gemma MacLachlan (Childminder)
Kent Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Newsletters
KEYSPH Newsletter February 2024 |
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Contact
Email the National Children’s Bureau’s stronger practice hubs team at sph@ncb.org.uk.