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• GOV.UK Guidance – Coronavirus (COVID-19): safeguarding in schools, colleges and other providers
• GOV.UK Guidance – Coronavirus (COVID-19): early years and childcare closures
• GOV.UK Guidance – Guidance for schools about temporarily closing
• GOV.UK Guidance – Maintaining educational provision for Critical Workers
• GOV.UK Guidance – Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on vulnerable children and young people
• GOV.UK Guidance – Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update
• GOV.UK Guidance – Public Health COVID-19: guidance for education settings 
• GOV.UK Guidance – Coronavirus (COVID-19): implementing social distancing in education and childcare settings
• GOV.UK Guidance – Closure of educational settings: information for parents and carers

Buckinghamshire advice for education settings

• In the event of a setting’s exceptional closure, if you have any parent with a child who is entitled to continue attending a setting (e.g. critical workers, children with an EHCP or with a social worker) that does not have a place, please contact the following for support:
• Pre-school/Early years (0-5) brokerage@buckinghamshire.gov.uk  
• School age children admissionskeyworker@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
• If you require log in details to record a closure of a setting in Buckinghamshire (Nursery or Pre-school) then please contact buckssupport@publicconsultinggroup.co.uk. Unfortunately, the Early Years Service do not have access to these details.

For Parents and Carers

• For the latest information regarding which settings are currently open, please refer to Bucks Family Information Service
• If your usual setting is closed and you are looking for a place for your child then please contact the Early Years Service Brokerage Team by emailing brokerage@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or you can find information via Buckinghamshire Family Information Service and the Buckinghamshire Closure List.
• The latest information for parents and carers from the Department of Education about closures can be found here.
• GOV.UK Guidance Stay at home: guidance for households with possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

CLOSURES

In the event of a setting’s exceptional closure, if you have any parent with a child who is entitled to continue attending a setting (e.g. critical workers, children with an EHCP or with a social worker) that does not have a place, please contact the following for support:

• Pre-school/Early years (0-5) brokerage@buckinghamshire.gov.uk  
• School age children admissionskeyworker@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

SEND SUPPORT

SEND consultations are now available daily

See SEND Advice and Consultations | Early Years for more information and the rota.

Ordinarily Available Provision in Early Years

You may find this recently produced document useful Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision

Public Health England

PHE has produced easy read guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19) and there is also other information available about coronavirus (COVID-19) from Mencap and further support about how to manage difficult feelings that you may have.

Information from the Integrated SEND Team

For key information about supporting children with SEND please visit the specific pages on the Local Offer page Covid-19 SEND Advice for children and Young People.

The Secretary of State for Education announced the suspension of routine Ofsted inspections on 17 March 2020.

The responsibilities that providers have on safeguarding have not changed, and Ofsted inspections triggered by safeguarding concerns will continue.

See Ofsted’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19) for more information.

Guidance documents from Ofsted can be found here.

Every setting will have a named contact. The purpose is to maintain the strong relationships our service has developed within the sector. The Key Contact is the named person for your setting, school, nursery, out of school club or childminder and as such, will be the first point of contact for you. They will be able to offer advice and ensure the correct level of support is offered to you from the Early Years service.

If you wish to contact a member of the Early Years Team please telephone 01296 387111 or email earlyyears@buckinghamshire.gov.uk