The bulletins include relevant up-to-date news on changes to policy, training, safeguarding, network meetings, surveys and much more.
It is emailed directly to the registered email address for early years providers and previous issues are available to view on this page.
Please pass bulletins on to all staff within your setting or signpost them to this page.
If you have any ideas for articles you would like to see in future bulletins, please email the Early Education and Childcare team - eeac@staffordshire.gov.uk
Previous bulletins
Issue 4 - 25 September 2026
- Funded childcare Toolkit
- Ofsted’s early years blog
- New research identifies three programmes that boost young children’s development
- Finance news - Autumn Term 2026 Actual Task and Census
- FREE Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Multi-Agency Conference
- NPQ in early years leadership - registration now open
- Parents survey
- Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Free training opportunities
- Families are invited to help our giraffe find a name
Issue 3 - 18 September 2026
- DfE Information Sharing Duty - Statutory Guidance effective 30 September 2026
- Funded childcare Toolkit
- Sign up to Tax Free childcare if you're a childcare provider
- Engage: Do You Feel What I Feel? training for professionals working with children aged 2 to 7 years
- Early Years Qualifications List (EYQL) - new online format
- Early Years Capital Funding supporting childcare growth in Staffordshire
- National Professional Qualifications (NPQ) Review – NPQ for early years leaders
- Keeping children safe in education
- Parents survey
- Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Free training opportunities
- National Year of Reading – Autumn term events and resources
- Families are invited to help our giraffe find a name
Issue 2 - 11 September 2026
- Early Communication Screening - new dates
- Right Help, Right Time - make the right call
- The Disclosure and Barring Service
- Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2026 published
- Early Years Funding consultation
- DfE - Ofsted joint vodcast on safer sleep
- Working or volunteering in regulated activity with children
- Supporting toilet independence before school
- Have your say on early years teaching reform
- Parents survey
- Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Free training opportunities
- Families are invited to help our giraffe find a name
Issue 1 - 4 September 2026
- Staffordshire Families Integrated Front Door (SFIFD)
- SSCP Early Years policies updated to reflect Right Help, Right Time
- Updated EYFS frameworks from September 2026
- Early Years Funding consultation
- BBC CBeebies Parenting - free resources for families
- 100% Participation in the Summer Childcare Sufficiency Survey
- Finance news - moving between Stretch and Term time in a child’s funded year
- Finance news - Final Summer amendment task
- Finance news - Important dates for Autumn Term
- Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Free training opportunities
- Families are invited to help our giraffe find a name
Issue 40 - 31 July 2026
- Enteroviral Meningitis Cases Across Staffordshire and the Black Country
- Staffordshire Families Integrated Front Door (SFIFD) – update
- Early Years Funding consultation
- Finance news - Autumn Forecast Task 2026/27
- EYFS statutory framework
- Right Help, Right Time launch session recording now available
- Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Free training opportunities
- Summer savings for families
Issue 39 - 17 July 2026
- Staffordshire Families Integrated Front Door (SFIFD) – update
- Right Help, Right Time
- Early Years Funding consultation
- Child Death Prevention Newsletter
- Education and childcare market study by the Competition and Markets Authority
- Finance news - Autumn Forecast Task 2026/27
- EYFS statutory framework
- Children’s screen use in early years settings
- Changes to registration requirements - in relation to banned dog breeds
- Congratulations! Early Years SENCO's
- Funded places for the NPQEYL
- Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Free training opportunities
- Summer savings for families