Who supports childcare professionals?

• Assess the childcare market and provide sufficient high quality affordable and flexible childcare 0-19yrs to enable parents to access work or training
• Offer support, training and guidance to group childcare settings and childminders in business support.
• Increase quality of provision.
• Increase choice of provision for disabled children and their families.
• Support all committees.
• Pre-OFSTED registration support.
• Support for all settings with an OFSTED judgement of less than Good.
• Support in relation to the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the Early Years Foundation Statutory Framework
• Offer a quality improvement cluster scheme for childminders

• Raise attainment for all children and eliminate the gap between the most disadvantaged children under five and the rest
• Ensure, through support, continuous quality improvement, effective smooth transitions for all children
• Ensure high quality provision in settings and schools with a focus on commitment to on-going, effective continuous professional development (cpd) for all practitioners as appropriate

• Identify and intervene early to support young children and their families to lay the foundations for later success in both education and well-being
• Every child is enabled to fulfil their potential in the setting of their choice
• Parents of children with Difficulties and Disabilities (D&D) have confidence and trust in the support they receive

Through their core purpose, ensure that Wiltshire's 30 children's centres:

• Provide a universal service of support for all young families
• Identify and support priority families and vulnerable children and encourage community involvement
• Ensure good value for money by monitoring Children's Centre contracts