Useful contacts and links
A list of services and supporting agency's contact details has been detailed below for your convenience. We have included useful links that you may also find helpful.
Useful Contacts
Ofsted
Email: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk
Contact form: Contact us | Ofsted
Phone: 0300 123 4666
Early Help
Phone: 0116 454 1694
Email: Early-Help-Queries@leicester.gov.uk
Website: Early help (leicester.gov.uk)
Public health
Email: PH-admin@leciester.gov.uk
Website: Public health (leicester.gov.uk)
Leicester City Safeguarding contacts and information, including Duty and advice, LADO and Prevent
Website: Family Information | Safeguarding links and resources (leicester.gov.uk)
Leicestershire County Council Safeguarding
Website: Concerned about a child? - Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Partnerships Business Office (lrsb.org.uk)
Early Years Support Team
Website: Early Years Support Team | Leicester City
Phone: 0116 454 4750
Fire safety
Website: Home (leics-fire.gov.uk)
Leicester City Council Adult Education
Website: Leicester Adult Learning - Courses (leicesteradulted.ac.uk)
Funding & Grants FEEE Team - Provides support for the administration and finance of 2, 3 and 4 year FEEE and 30 hours Extended Entitlement.
Email: earlyeducation@leicester.gov.uk
Phone:0116 4541680
Public safety team
Email: publicsafety@leicester.gov.uk
Food hygiene and safety
Website: Food hygiene and safety (leicester.gov.uk)
Contact: food@leicester.gov.uk
SEN Inclusion Funding (SENIF)
Email: nick.gilroy@leicester.gov.uk
Phone:0116 454 4715
12 children’s centres in 6 cluster areas across the city all offering a range of support to families.
Website: families.leicester.gov.uk/childrenscentres
Leicester Employment Hub
Website: www.leicesteremploymenthub.co.uk
Contact: Alpa.Chauhan@leicester.gov.uk 0116 4908 Mahendra.Patel@leicester.gov.uk 0116 4542943
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Website: https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service
Leicester Nutrition and Dietetic Service
Contact: Joanne Reade, Senior Nutritionist Tel: 079192 13997
Email: joanne.reade@nhs.net
Website: Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service for Early Year's Settings
Useful links
Food Standard Agency
Website: Homepage | Food Standards Agency
Business Support Sources of information
Family Information | Sources of information (leicester.gov.uk)
Early Years Foundation stage statutory framework
Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Early Years Inspection Handbook
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-inspection-handbook-eif/early-years-inspection-handbook-for-ofsted-registered-provision-for-september-2023
Education Inspection Framework
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-inspection-framework/education-inspection-framework-for-september-2023
Development matters
Development Matters - Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage (publishing.service.gov.uk)
2 Year progress check
Progress check at age 2 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
What to expect in the EYFS
What-to-expect-in-the-EYFS-complete-FINAL-16.09-compressed.pdf (foundationyears.org.uk)
Foundation years
Foundation Years - From pregnancy to children aged 5
Birth to 5 matters
Birthto5Matters-download.pdf
Early Years child development training
Early years child development training : Home page (education.gov.uk)
Help for early years providers
Help for early years providers - Department for Education
Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Education Endowment Foundation | EEF
Stronger Practice Hubs
Stronger Practice Hub | Pen Green Children's Centre
Leicester City Safeguarding information
Family Information | Safeguarding links and resources (leicester.gov.uk)
Information and commissions office
UK GDPR guidance and resources | ICO
Create your own privacy notice | ICO
Disclosure and Barring Service
Criminal record checks for childminders and childcare workers
Health and safety executive
HSE: Information about health and safety at work
Early years qualification requirements and standards
Early years qualification requirements and standards (publishing.service.gov.uk)
Early years qualifications achieved in the United Kingdom - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Acas - employment right issues
Acas | Making working life better for everyone in Britain
Recruitment Booklet
References Guidance
Guide to inductions
Becoming an employer
HMRC email updates, videos and webinars for employing people - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
National Day Nurseries Association
National Day Nurseries Association - NDNA
PACEY
About | PACEY
Early years Alliance
early years alliance | (eyalliance.org.uk)
Coram
Children's charity : Coram Group
National Children’s Bureau
National Children's Bureau (ncb.org.uk)