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Congratulations to the settings who took part in the loose parts competition held at the BPCN network meeting on: December 7th 2018.

The winners are as follows:
1st prize Dorrington Kids Club.
2nd prize St Pauls Adventure.
3rd prize Hummingbirds nursery and out of school club.

BPCN deliver four network meetings each quarter. The network meetings are generally targeted for staff who work in the out of school club sector.

Network meetings are held at various locations across the city. Different issues/concerns relating to play etc are discussed.

Attendees are also informed of OFSTED updates and any changes to out of school club policy and procedures. The meeting also enables attendees to share good practice.

**Info from HMRC

We’ve got the help you need – when you need it.

Here’s a selection of our online support, starting with this live webinar:

How to show self-employed business expenses on your tax return

Find out what expenses are allowable including travel, overnight expenses, premises costs and using your home. Discover how simplified expenses can save you time.

Choose a date and time

Ask your questions during our live webinars using the on-screen text box.

If you haven’t joined a webinar (online presentation) before, then this guide will tell you what you need to do.

You can catch up with this series of recorded webinars for more information about business expenses – available when you are on HMRC’s YouTube channel.

• Part 1 – what are allowable business expenses?
• Part 2 – common business expenses
• Part 3 – simplified expenses
• Part 4 – taxable profit.

There’s also a short video about ‘Expenses if you’re self-employed’.

Or try our online guide, full of useful information about ‘Self-employed business expenses’

Childminder provider numbers on the EYR have decreased by 30% since 31 August 2012, but the number of places offered by childminders has only decreased by 12%. This means that individual childminders are offering a higher number of places on average, even though there are fewer childminders and places overall.

On 31 August 2018, the average number of places offered by childminders on the EYR was 6.4. However, for reasons outlined earlier in this section, the majority of childminders are registered as offering 6 places. This average takes into account childminders with assistants, who are permitted to offer more than 6 places.

At their most recent inspection, 94% were judged good or outstanding, the same proportion as the end of March 2018. This was made up of 78% of childminders judged good and 16% judged outstanding.

Number of childminders registered with Ofsted continues to decrease

There were 40,800 childminders registered with Ofsted on 31 August 2018. This was down by 900 (2%) since 31 March 2018, and by 16,600 (29%) since 31 August 2012.

More than 9 in 10 providers on the Early Years Register were judged to be good or outstanding.