H&F Family Hubs provide free activities and support for you and your family. Advice and support include: Maternity and Early years Help with childcare costs Parenting Children with special educational needs and disabilities Fun and supportive sessions include: Learn and play Baby massage Yoga See The Family Hub | London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Many families are eligible for 15 or 30 hours per week of funded early education for their children aged 9 months to 4 years old, depending on their circumstances. By helping families to access their funded hours gives every child the best start in life! As an early year’s provider, you play a vital role… Continue reading EY: Promoting Early Years Entitlements
Please book a 15-minute consultation slot with speech and language therapist, Karen Hayon, who can support you with your concerns and answer your questions regarding children’s speech and language development. For dates, times and bookings see H&F Speech and Language surgeries 2025
Please explore the website and share with families. The OT Support Hub website includes a range of resources, links to national and local services, online trainings and in-person events to support children’s participation in everyday activities at home, school and during free-time. It includes universal, tailored, and specialised support. Topics include: dressing toileting eating handwriting… Continue reading EY: The Children’s Occupational Therapy (OT) Support Hub: Reminder
The Department for Education (DfE) has published updates to the statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance for schools in England, Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE). This includes maintained nursery schools. The 2025 version replaces previous editions of the guidance. The guidance sets out what schools and colleges in England must do to safeguard and… Continue reading EY: Keeping Children Safe in Education: Updated Publication 2025
The Royal Foundation is proud to support the launch of a new film series from the Centre for Early Childhood, designed to illustrate the science behind early social and emotional development. Based on the Shaping Us Framework the series explores how experiences from pregnancy to age five shape wellbeing, and how loving, responsive relationships lay the… Continue reading EY: The Royal Foundation Centre of Early Childhood – Explainer series
We are pleased to affirm our partnership with the Early Years Stronger Practice Hub: London South. The DfE have also confirmed funding up until 2029. This will enable settings to access free, evidence-based resources and training to support and help improve their practice. Nearly 10,000 settings are already part of these networks. Here you will… Continue reading EY: Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs: Training offer and website
In line with statutory guidance, the Early Years Funding team will be carrying out funding audits from Autumn 2025 onwards. These funding audits are part of our ongoing commitment to ensure the appropriate use of early years funding and providers are meeting the requirements of their provider agreement. Funding audits will support early years providers… Continue reading EY: Introduction to the Early Years Funding Audits from Autumn 2025
On the 9 September 2025: Ofsted confirmed changes to education inspections and the introduction of report cards. The Department for Education announced changes to accountability measures for education providers. These changes include inspections of early years providers, with inspections under the new framework commencing from 10 November 2025. See links: Ofsted confirms changes to education… Continue reading EY: Ofsted Update on the renewed inspection framework 2025
See below provider forums for Autumn 25, Spring 26 and Summer 26 PVI nurseries Tuesday 14 October 2025, 1.30pm – 3.00pm, Online Tuesday 13 January 2026, 1.30pm – 3.30pm, Online (Budget focused) Tuesday 12 May 2026, 1.30pm – 3.30pm, IN PERSON SENCOs Tuesday 21 October 2025, 1:30pm to 3:00pm, Online Tuesday 20 January 2026, 1.30pm… Continue reading EY: 25/26 Provider forums: PVI nurseries, SENCOs and Childminders: Reminder
