Childcare and Education
Childcare and education for under 5s with special educational needs or who are disabled
Nursery and Childcare
Family Information Service
Information on registered childcare providers and local services available for children, families, young people and the practitioners working with them.
For more information, please visit our Family Information Service online portal.
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
The early years foundation stage is the stage a child is in when they attend a setting, school or childminder between birth and the age of 5.
Four principles of EYFS:
- A unique child
- Positive relationships
- Enabling environments
- Learning and developments
Early Years Inclusion Team
The Early Years Inclusion Team provides support and advice for early years practitioners, children with SEND and their families within their educational setting (nursery or pre-school).
Contact deana.hyde@lbbd.gov.uk, Advisory Teacher for Early Years and Inclusion for further information.
LBBD Nursery and Childcare
LBBD Early Year Deaf Service
The Deaf Service supports children aged from birth to 5 years old who have been diagnosed as having a hearing loss
Contact deana.hyde@lbbd.gov.uk, Advisory Teacher for Early Years and Inclusion for further information.
Flourish Learning Trust (Education Service for the Vision Impaired)
Disability Access Fund
- The Disability Access Fund (DAF) is available to early years providers to support children with special educational needs (SEN).
- 3 and 4 year old are eligible for DAF support if they are receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and universal or extended Free Early Learning education in Barking and Dagenham.
- DAF is paid as a lump sum of £828, once a year per eligible child, to the childcare provider.
Support in Early Years Settings
- All early years settings have a special educational needs coordinator (SENCO) or inclusion coordinator.
- Every early years setting has a named early years advisor. There is also a specialist early years advisory teacher for children with SEND and an early year’s teacher of the deaf.
- LBBD SEND Descriptors for children in Early Years (PDF)
- Where a setting identifies a child as having SEN they must work in partnership with parents to establish the support the child needs. This does not necessarily need to be an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
- SEND Support Notification for Pre-School Children (PDF)
Nurseries for Complex SEN and disabilities
- Godwin Additionally Resourced Provision Nursery, Finnymore Road, Dagenham RM9 6JH / 020 8270 4150 / office@godwin.bardaglea.org.uk
- Valence Additionally Resourced Provision Nursery, Bonham Road, Dagenham RM8 3AR / 020 3006 9888 / office@valenceprimaryschool.com