We are delighted to launch our new programme of fully funded professional development for early years practitioners across Bristol and Beyond. It is our biggest year yet, with almost 100 regional activities running from September through to August.
Everything is now available to book on our website, and the new brochure is ready to download. Our brochure gathers the whole year into one printable document. It is useful if you want to plan ahead with your team, book a series of sessions in one go, or share the programme with colleagues.
The programme spans 12 subject areas including: Working with Babies, Spotlight on Twos, Communication, Language & Literacy, Maths, PSED, SEND, Equality Diversity & Inclusion, Childminders, and Leadership and Staff Development. Sessions run online and face-to-face at settings across the region.
Our CPD opportunities are open to nursery, reception, childminders, Early Years practitioners, EYFS teachers & leads, school leaders, SENCOs, and setting managers across Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, and Gloucestershire.
NEW FULLY FUNDED DFE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
Alongside our own events and networks, we are delivering five Professional Development Programmes developed by the Department for Education. Each runs over a single academic term and combines online modules you work through in your own time with a series of seminars, at least one of which is face-to-face, led by one of our own Learning Leads.
Three are recruiting now for the autumn term: Early Maths, Early Language, which includes a cohort specifically for Bristol childminders, and PSED. Two more, Early Maths Under Twos and Early Language Under Twos, launch in the summer term of 2027. Each cohort recruits 15 early years settings, so places are limited.
We also run a programme of local events. Local networks are a chance to meet face-to-face or online with other childminders and practitioners in your own Local Authority, hosted at a variety of settings so that different types of provision can inspire you. Our Network Leads are working with Local Authorities and more will be added over the coming weeks.
Over the summer, the Stronger Practice Hub network has expanded, there will now be 36 Hubs nationally. In the South West one of the new Hubs is EQUA Mead Early Years Stronger Practice Hub. They will now cover: Wiltshire, Swindon and Oxfordshire. Following this exciting addition, Bristol & Beyond now cover 6 Local Authority regions: Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Somerset and North Somerset.
Why not share this Newsletter with your colleagues? We typically send one SPH newsletter per month and an occasional special edition. Specific Network Updates notify you of network events and related info.
The Bristol & Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub is funded by the DFE. From April 2026, Ambition Institute has taken over as the Department for Education's delivery partner for the Stronger Practice Hubs.
This doesn't change how you engage with us, it means that the data used to report on reach and impact of the programme will now be shared with Ambition Institute instead of the previous delivery partner; the National Chilrden's Bureau. The Department for Education remains the data controller for the programme, and you can read more about how your information is used in our privacy statement and the DfE's privacy notice for the Stronger Practice Hubs programme.
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