Early years stronger practice hubs

Removed Flying High Academy from the list of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Early Years Stronger Practice Hub partners.

Updated to reflect changes in Hub partners. Removed ‘Early Years @ Highfield’ from East of England hubs and ‘Redcliffe Nursery School’ and ‘Millie’s Garden (childminder)’ from South West hubs.

Updated to reflect that we are recruiting a further 18 early years stronger practice hubs.

Removed Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care from South West Hubs, and added Woodfield Primary and Nursery School and Woodfield Special School.

Updated to set out the current funding and future prospects of the early years stronger practice hubs and to reflect changes in hub partners. Added the provider Victoria Chenery Childminding to East of England Hub 2.

Updated to reflect changes in Hub partners. Added Farm, Work and Play Nursery and Invicta Park Playgroup to South East, Hub 2.

Added Berkeley Gardens Day Nursery to South East Hub 1.

Updated to reflect changes in Hub partners. Removed Muddy Boots Nursery from Yorkshire and the Humber, Hub 1.

Removed Belinda O’Hare (childminder) and Children’s Place Day Nursery from St Edmund’s Early Years Stronger Practice Hub, and added Alex Leigh (childminder) and Grassroots Day Nursery.

Updated to reflect changes in Hub partners. Removed Little Owl Childcare, Woodland Nursery and added Shine Nursery in West Midlands – Hub 2.

Updated to reflect changes in Hub partners. Removed Essa Primary Academy and added Linda Bedson (childminder) in North West Hub 2.

Updated to reflect changes in Hub partners. Added Little Explorers Nursery to East Midlands Hub 1 and replaced Cargill’s Childminding (childminder) with Tracie’s Treasures (childminder) in North West Hub 1.

In South East Hub 2, Northfleet Nursery School has replaced Discovery Day Nursery as the lead setting, and Smarties Nursery and Oaks Day Nursery have been removed as partners. In East Midlands Hub 1, Nottingham Nursery School and University Hospital Day Nursery have been removed as partners.

Removed Castle Vale Nursery School from ‘West Midlands – Hub 1 – Partners’, as this establishment is no longer a partner.

Updated to reflect changes in Hub partners. Added The Oakes to the East of England Hub 2 and Willoughbee Childminding to South West Hub 2.

Updated to reflect changes in Hub partners. Removed SEND to Learn Nursery, Deborah Savoy (childminder), Hungerford Nursery School Centre for Children and Families and Kiddies Playhouse. Added Goosehill Nursery, Paula-Jane Wylie (childminder) and Little Owl Childcare Woodland Nursery.

The programme is funded until late March 2025. We have updated the ‘background’ section.

Removed partner ‘The Oaks Primary School’ from the East of England stronger practice hub.

Added partner ‘Pen Green Centre’ to the East Midlands Early Years Stronger Practice Hub.

Added partner ‘Claire’s Little Farmers’ to the Yorkshire and Humber Together Early Years Stronger Practice Hub.

Added Claire Fitzgerald (childminder) to the list of partners for the Heart – Midlands Early Years Stronger Practice Hub.

Added partner Ludwick Nursery School to East of England Hub 1.

Added partner Kim Barnetson – Kim’s Kids Childminder to East of England Hub 1. Removed partner Pen Green Centre (0 to 3 provision) from East Midlands Hub 2 and partner Becky’s Tiny Teddies from South West Hub 2.

Added names of 6 early years stronger practice hubs. Removed Adderley Nursery School from West Midlands Heart – Midlands Early Years Stronger Practice Hub. Added Muddy Boots as a partner setting for Yorkshire and Humber Together Early Years Stronger Practice Hub. Added local authority names to the lead settings.

First published.