Early years
Ealing early years safeguarding and welfare audit
- Ealing early years welfare and safeguarding audit for group based settings (doc) Updated September 2024
- Ealing early years welfare and safeguarding audit for childminders (doc) Updated September 2024
Ealing early years quality partnership 2024-25
- Ealing early years quality partnership brochure 2024-25
- Ealing early years quality partnership booking form 2024-25
- Early years statutory framework (EYFS) support for schools 2024-2025 (pdf) Overview of support for schools, including a four-tier offer of support. Tier 2 EYFS support to schools has been arranged for this academic year.
Statutory framework
- Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework November 2024 (GOV.UK)
- See foundation years website for comprehensive listings of EYFS documents and guidance.
Early years CPD
- Early years training programme 2024-25 (pdf)
- For all your early years training needs please visit Ealing CPD online
- No Learner Left Behind: Promoting a race equity approach in education A programme of training that aims to raise awareness of issues relating to unconscious bias and racial identity, and provide opportunities to gain essential knowledge in relation to Black history.
Find early years settings
Find early years settings
Directory where you can search for Ealing children's centres and nurseries.
Proposed early years funding rates for 2025-26
Please find below Ealing’s proposed early years funding rates for 2025-26, pending agreement.
Funding allocations will be presented to School Forum on 16 January 2025 and then will require cabinet approval following the usual council approval method.
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Proposed early years funding rates for 2025/2026 |
Current base rate 2024-25 |
Proposed base rate |
Supplements proposal for 2025-26 |
Supplements proposal for 2025-26 |
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3–4-year-old universal and extended offer |
5.27 | 5.52 | 0.41 | 0.41 |
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Families in receipt of additional support 2-year-old offer |
8.24 | 8.50 | 1.03 | 0 |
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Working parent 2-year-old offer |
8.24 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Working parent 9mth-2-year-old offer | 11.92 | 12.27 | 0 | 0 |
Choose from the following
- Expansion of early education entitlements and wrap around provision in primary schools 2023-25
- Managing suspected cases of COVID-19
- Welfare and safeguarding
- SEND and inclusion
- Business and finance
- 30 hours childcare programme
Contact Ealing early years funding team
Last updated: 27 Jan 2025
