Home learning environment and early years

The team 

We offer support to settings with children aged from birth to five years. The setting may be a nursery, pre-school, childminder or school-based nursery. 

We aim to improve outcomes for all children under five. We do this by focussing on the following priorities: 

• Communication and language 
• Reduction in equality gap for targeted children 
• Ensure sufficiency 
• Workforce development 

Who is in the team: 

• Home Learning Environment and Early Years Team Lead 
• Early Years Advisory Teacher for Inclusion 
• Early Years Advisory Teacher 
• Early Language Consultant 
• Early Years Development workers 
• Portage Home Visiting workers 
• Home Learning Environment Outreach worker 
• Early Years Finance and Business officer 
• Business support officer 

Email us to contact a relevant member of the team.  Or just a ‘contact the team’ 

As well as all the information you can find below, we offer: 

• Advisory visits to settings that wish to create or extend their provision. 
• Advisory support to individual settings with children under five. 
• Support and advice to settings for children with additional needs. We do this either through a virtual consultation or a visit. 
• Home learning environment outreach support. We visit the homes of families whose children are under five 
• Extra support to settings for children experiencing a high level of need. We receive funding to do this. It is called Activity Led Funding for Inclusion. (ALFI)