News for Norfolk Education Providers

The Virtual School for Children in Care, Previously in Care, Children with a Social Worker and Kinship are offering a number of fully funded places for a 12-month membership to The Care Leaders Online, an e-learning provider. To find out more, join the 30-minute information briefing on Monday 14 October 12:30pm.

Please complete a short questionnaire to help the Early Years and Childcare Team to understand your top priorities when supporting speech, language and communication development in your EYFS provision, so that we can effectively plan and target future support via our Communication Hub networks.

The fully-funded support offers a comprehensive and flexible programme, providing schools and settings with the guidance and tools to meet the needs of children and young people (CYP) with English as an additional language (EAL).

From October 2024, schools will be invited to bid for a share of £15 million in capital funding. The funding round aims to deliver up to 300 new or expanded nurseries in its first phase, as part of the government's long-term strategy to make early education more widely available and accessible. This initiative is tied to the government's expansion of childcare support, which will offer 30 hours of free childcare per week for working parents from 2025.

INTRAN's interpretation and translation services can bridge the communication gap. Join our training sessions to confidently overcome language barriers in school settings, with step-by-step guidance, live demonstrations, and best practice tips.

For more specific enquiries or issues relating to transport into your school/college please contact the Home to School Transport Operations Team.

Two consecutive days of in-person training on the 9 and 10 of October, supplemented by a day of online training on the 7 of November that enables schools to offer the intervention in an online format.