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• 621 early learning and childcare settings have accepted the Equal Start priority designation to date. • These settings been objectively identified as operating in the context of the highest

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• Regulations provide important safeguards for children and quality assurance for parents. • First official recognition of childminders as part of the early years sector. • Regulations pave the way

**Closures of Early Learning & Care services (ELC) have fallen to a five-year low, new data published today (18 September) by the Government confirms. In addition, the overall number of

The NCS Policy Guidelines have been updated to reflect the Budget 2024 subsidy increase that came into effect on 2 September 2024. In addition to those changes, some changes have

The AIM Level 1 application process has now opened on Early Years Hive for services with new graduates of the Leadership for Inclusion (LINC) programme.  A ‘new graduate’ refers to

You are invited to attend the training on the NCS refresher and Policy Guidelines changes. The training webinars will be held on: Tuesday 24 September 2024 at 10:30am and 6.30pmTuesday

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The AIM Level 7 Plus and Non-Term application process recently opened on the Early Years Hive. Below are links to the webinar recording, slides from the webinar and a questions

Service Providers are invited to attend training on the NCS Compliance Process 2024/2025. The training has been scheduled for the following dates and times: The training will cover NCS compliance

As the new NCS programme call 2024/2025 has commenced, NCS on-site inspections will continue as previously. The compliance process will involve a series of standardised checks aimed at confirming adherence

The next ECCE batch payment that is due the week ending 13 September 2024 will be based on Approved registrations. The calculation for this payment is the amount due from

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AIM Expansion – Applications Now Open • AIM Standard: 3 hours during ECCE hours • AIM Plus: Additional 3 hours outside of ECCE hours during term time • AIM Non-Term: