Early Years

Best Start in Life

The Childcare Choices website has now been replaced with 'Best Start in Life' all internet searches for childcare choices, will now take the user to this website.

Recruitment and Employment

Recruiting and retaining skilled staff is vital to delivering high-quality early years education and childcare. Whether you're advertising vacancies, planning staff development, or navigating qualification requirements we hope you find this information useful.

Sector Updates - Update your provider portal

The Early Years Sector Updates provide key information to support you in your role. These updates include guidance and news from the Department for Education (DfE), Ofsted, as well as important information on safeguarding, SEND, training, and more. It is therefore essential that your provider portal is kept up to date with the correct email contacts for your setting, ensuring this information reaches the appropriate staff.

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Welcome to the Early Years Website.

The Early Years team provides a service that ensures the Local Authority meets its statutory duty to secure sufficient high quality Funded Early Education places for 9 months to 4-year-olds, and sufficient childcare for 0-14/18 year old's whose parents are in work or training to return to work.

HAVE YOU SEEN?

Thinking of working in Early Years and Childcare?

A job in early years and childcare is unique and rewarding. You get to be part of a child’s early education and help to shape their future. No matter what the day brings, you’ll feel joy in seeing children grow, learn and flourish. And there are lots of different types of roles.

For further information, please click here

HAVE YOU SEEN?

An Exciting Opportunity for a New Early Years’ Provision in Buckinghamshire - Ash Hill

Buckinghamshire Council’s Early Years Service is seeking expressions of interest from providers to deliver childcare and funded early years education for children from birth to 4 years, year-round, 8am–6pm, for children and families in Marsh and Micklefield Ward, High Wycombe

For further information, please click here.

UPDATES

SENCO Updates

The Early Years SENCO updates covers national and local developments in all aspects of Special Educational Needs and Disability. Termly information including specific training, guidance and links to other services.

Spring 2026 SENCO Updates

UPDATES

Local Guidance for offering funded places

Please ensure you familarise yourself with the Buckinghamshire Council's guidance on "Local management of the Funded Entitlement for 9 months to 4-year-olds".

To view the guidance, please click here

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