REACHout Early Years Stronger Practice Hub East of England
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The Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs programme was launched in November 2022 as part of the Department for Education's Early Years Education COVID-19 Recovery Package.

It is supported by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and the National Children’s Bureau (NCB).


While it began under the COVID-19 recovery scheme, from next year we will be funded by the government’s summer 2025 paper “Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life”. This paper confirmed that the number of Stronger Practice Hubs will be doubled to 36 and that the programme will receive funding for an additional three years, extending until March 2029.

We are fully funded by the government, which means everything we offer is completely FREE.

Our offer is open to all Early Years settings as well as Reception teachers and staff in state-funded schools across Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Peterborough. We provide free training, events, support, and advice to help raise the quality of early years education.

Our Hub leads are Jess Allen and Victoria Percival, who own The Barn Nursery School in Greenstead Green, Essex. Our partners include Helen Ackerman and Lucy Parker at Ludwick Nursery School in Welwyn, and Kim Barnetson, a leading childminder in Colchester.



To contact us about ideas for training, to get advice or explore our bespoke support offer, please email us REACHoutSPH@thebarnnurseryschool.com 

To view all of our FREE events and for more info visit our website:  
https://www.strongerpracticehubs.org.uk/hubs/ee/reachout-eysph-ee/events



Our privacy notice can be found here:  https://beyth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SPH-Privacy-Notice.pdf
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