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Welcome to Stoke on Trent Local Authority Early Years Quality Improvement Team. Here you will find lots of information related to early years.

The opening hours of the team are:
8-4pm, Monday to Friday.

03/11/2026

Ofsted's early years team answers your questions 🎥

We host regular 'Live' events on Facebook where our early years and childcare team answer questions submitted by our followers.

In our latest one in September, we covered:

• changes to the early years foundation framework
• sleep-related queries
• DBS checks and safeguarding

If you missed it, you can now watch a recording on our YouTube channel!
👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoB2LlQHPzM

03/11/2026

The Unique World of Two-Year-Olds with Kym Scott - webinar recording now available ▶️

As more schools and early years settings welcome two-year-olds, it's never been more important to understand what makes this age group so unique.

Two-year-olds aren't simply younger nursery children. They are at a remarkable stage of brain development, making huge leaps in their emotional growth, language acquisition and physical exploration, requiring a carefully considered approach to teaching, learning and care.

During this session, Kym encourages us to consider why relationships matter more than ever at this stage, how play fuels development, and how quality environments and adult interactions can maximise learning.

Jump into the recording now — available via the Resources page [Webinar Recordings] on our website!

03/11/2026

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03/11/2026

03/11/2026

Are you joining in with on Thursday? 🥳 There's still time to get involved! What are your plans for celebrating with your pupils on November 5?

Sign up now 👉 https://outdoorclassroomday.com/

03/11/2026

🌼 Baby Massage
A quiet, cosy time just for you and your little one 💛
Enjoy simple, soothing strokes that help your baby feel calm, safe and settled.
Loving touch can support better sleep, ease tension and strengthen your bond.
It’s also a lovely way to meet other parents and feel supported.
📍 Where & When
Monday: Abbey Hulton Best Start Family Hub
Tuesday: Blurton Best Start Family Hub
Thursday: Chell Heath Best Start Family Hub
Thursday: Best Start Family Hub at Hanley Market
👉 Sign up here:
https://forms.office.com/e/BV9xd7LDcQ

03/11/2026

03/11/2026

Number Confidence Week starts today!

From 2–8 November, National Numeracy ’s celebrates the importance of building confidence with numbers and encouraging positive attitudes towards maths.

In early years, practitioner confidence matters too. When staff feel more confident in their own mathematical knowledge, they can spot opportunities to bring maths into everyday play, routines and conversations with children.

That’s why, this week, we’re celebrating our NDNA Maths Champions practitioners and sharing how taking part in the programme has helped them grow in confidence and make maths a natural part of children’s learning.

Follow along to hear directly from our settings throughout the week.

03/11/2026

The Government's inclusive mainstream fund provides an opportunity to strengthen inclusion and improve outcomes for children and young people.

Our inclusive mainstream funding webinars, How to make the mainstream inclusion funding work for your school, are designed to help you better understand what the funding means for you, how you can use it to strengthen inclusion in your school from the foundations up, and how we can support you.

📆 Next session: 10 November

Sign up here >> https://bit.ly/3TQPHmN

03/11/2026

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Glebe Street
Stoke-on-Trent

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