The two outstanding childcare settings chosen to deliver the one year pilot, which started in January are The Mill Children’s Centre based at St Vigor and St John Primary School, and Street Children’s Centre on the site of Brookside Community Primary School in Somerset.
The local pilot, which is being led by Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning and funded by a grant of up to £30,000, is to run alongside the Government’s national project that involves 16 outstanding children’s centres across the country.
Similar to the national project, Somerset County Council intends to raise standards and improve children’s outcomes.
The settings that have been chosen as early years teaching centres in Somerset will work with their early years advisory service to train students who are new to the profession, lead peer-to-peer learning and provide support for other settings in the area. They will also become centres for training EYPs.
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