Bi-Borough Early Education and Childcare Service
Our responsibilities include:
- providing information and guidance to parents and families about Westminster’s children’s services
- providing access to children’s centres to families across the city
- raising the quality across early years provision
- ensuring the implementation of the early years foundation stage, including initiatives to improve outcomes of children at age five.
Contact us
If you would like to contact a member of the Bi-borough Early Education service team please contact the Family Information Service:
Email: Bi-BoroughChildCareEarlyEd@rbkc.gov.uk
Helpline: 07971 625922
Bi-Borough Early Education and Childcare Team
2nd Floor
Kensington Town Hall
Hornton Street
W8 7NX
Best Practice
Online Survey for parents in Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster
Help us improve services for parents of children aged 0-5
RBKC and WCC are embarking on an ambitious project to review and improve services available to support parents from pre-birth up until their child turns 5 years old. To do this, we need your help. We want to know what your experience has been of the services and what support you have accessed. What did you find helpful? What do you think could have been better? Please share your views by completing our survey. It will take just 10 minutes of your time but will provide us with invaluable insight into your experience so that we can make the changes that really matter to local families.
You can access the online survey by clicking on this link.
We would be grateful if you could share this information with your families as soon as possible.
Safeguarding
New Bi-Borough LADO
Sharon Ackbersingh at Sharon.Ackbersingh@rbkc.gov.uk has been appointed to the interim LADO post Bi-Borough. Sharon takes over from Kembra Healy.
LADO referrals and consultations should still be made to the relevant LA LADO duty team, but Sharon has oversight of the LADO service as a whole.
Please update your safeguarding policy documents accordingly.
- Safeguarding training available to book through https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/lscb/training-and-resources
Training Updates
CPD training
Training and all packages are now available on the online web-based booking system portal http://services2schools.org.uk/ . In preparation all WCC and RBKC providers have already been set up and should be able to log in and purchase membership package or training sessions on pay as you go basic. Training will be offered on first come first serve basic. Please be aware that it is needed to purchase the membership prior to buying sessions, for the discount to take place.
For any training queries please email: Bi-BoroughChildCareTraining@rbkc.gov.uk
Please find out: How to log in for first time
Sessions:
- Safeguarding training available to book through https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/lscb/training-and-resources
SEND/Inclusion Updates
Download the Enhanced SENIF Funding document below:
Childminders
Funded offers
Busy 2s (2-year offer) Universal 3 & 4-year 15 hours entitlement and the 30 hours offer
To book a place or for more information please contact Glynis on: gmates@westminster.gov.uk 07971626075.
Childminder Information Session
Do you know anyone interested in becoming a childminder or a childminder assistant? If so, please inform them about the below free session:
Childminder Information session - find out more on the link below:
Setting up a home-base childcare business
For more information please contact Glynis on: gmates@westminster.gov.uk 07971626075.