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Early Years contacts

Contact information to help early years providers

  • Introduction

  • Early Years Team

  • Entitlements Team

  • Early Years Area Sencos

  • Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning (SCIL)

  • Early Years Communities - leads

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Introduction

This page lists helpful contact information for providers, from the Council’s Early Years Team and the Entitlements Team to Early Years Quality Hub Co-ordinators and Cluster Leads.

Early Years Team

Children and Learning Commissioning, PPB2S1, County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY
Phone 01823 357494

Heather Stebbing – Early Years Sufficiency Lead
Support with sufficiency of early years places
Delivery of early years strategies
Email HStebbing@somerset.gov.uk
Phone 01823 357494
Mobile 07890 580964

Julia Balmford – Data and Sufficiency Officer
Sufficiency Assessments for Somerset
Email sfid@somerset.gov.uk
Phone 01823 355828

Alison Jeffery
Early Years Lead and Primary Adviser
Email AJeffery@somerset.gov.uk
Mobile 07977 401872

Nikki Difford – Early Years Lead Officer (West)
Advice on business sustainability and financial planning
Support committees with effective practice and legislative requirements.
Email NLDifford@somerset.gov.uk
Mobile 07919 540564

Sarah Love – Early Years Lead Officer (East)
Advice on business sustainability and financial planning
Support committees with effective practice and legislative requirements
Inclusion funding, holiday play-schemes and out of school provision.
Email SPLove@somerset.gov.uk
Phone 01823 356821
Mobile 07919 540711

Jo Sawyer – Early Years Locality Officer (East)
Supports and advises new and existing childcare provision
Provides support and guidance to Out of School provision 6 to 19
Email JSawyer@somerset.gov.uk
Mobile 07976 816811

Alison Highfield – Early Years Locality Officer (West)
Supports and advises new and existing childcare provision
Provides support and guidance to Out of School provision 6 to 19
Email AHighfield@somerset.gov.uk
Mobile 07823 537446

Samantha Davies – Administrative Assistant
Clerk to Early Years Quality Improvement Group
Email SADavies@somerset.gov.uk
Phone 01823 357597

Entitlements Team

County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY
Administration associated with the take up of the Early Years Entitlements for three and four years olds
Administration of the funding for eligible two year olds and free school meals.
Email eyfunding@somerset.gov.uk
Phone 01823 357039

Early Years Area Sencos

Early Years Area SENCo service
Inclusion Somerset
B2 South
County Hall
Taunton
TA1 4DY
Phone 01823 357000
Email InclusionSENSupportServices@somerset.gov.uk

South Sedgemoor – Jane Barnett – Service Manager
Email JBarnett@somerset.gov.uk

North Sedgemoor – Karen Marsh
Email KMarsh@somerset.gov.uk

South Sedgemoor – Kiri Gibson
Email KZGibson@somerset.gov.uk

East Mendip -Karen Foster
Email KZFoster@somerset.gov.uk

West Mendip – Polly Vidler
Email PVidler@somerset.gov.uk

South Somerset West – Wendy Toy
Email WToy@somerset.gov.uk

South Somerset East – Mikaela Jauncey
Email MJauncey@somerset.gov.uk

Taunton – Sarah Stent
Email  SStent@somerset.gov.uk

West Somerset, Wellington and Wiveliscombe – Jo McDonough
Email: JMcDonough@somerset.gov.uk

Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning (SCIL)

Training and professional development for all practitioners in early years, childminding, play and out of school settings.

For all general enquiries about Early Years Leadership and Peer to Peer Support Framework and Early Years Teaching Centres.

Address Cheddon Road, Taunton, TA2 7QP
Email SCIL@somerset.gov.uk
Phone 01823 348268
Website

Early Years Communities - leads

Ansford and Wincanton
Samantha Davey
SDavey@northcadbury.ppat365.org

Teacher Lead
Rebecca Kilburn
Wincanton Primary School
rkilburn@educ.somerset.gov.uk

Bridgwater
Teacher Lead
Lucy Marker
Wembdon St George’s Primary School
Lucy.Marker@bwmat.onmicrosoft.com

Burnham and Cheddar
Hayley Richens
Brent Knoll Primary School
hrichens@educ.somerset.gov.uk

Chard, Crewkerne and Ilminster
Childminder Lead
Carly North
Carlynorth110@gmail.com

EY Practitioner Lead
Cheryl Herrick
cherrick@educ.somerset.gov.uk

Teacher Lead
Claire Oaten
Coaten@educ.somerset.gov.uk

Frome and Shepton Mallet
EY Practitioner Lead
Rachael Emmett
Sunflower Montessori Nursery
Sunflowernurserygroup@gmail.com

Teacher Lead
Claire Dargie
Shepton Mallet Infants & Nursery
CDargie@educ.somerset.gov.uk

Amanda Seager
Trinity First School
aseager@educ.somerset.gov.uk

Huish Episcopi
EY Practitioner Lead
Sue Gutteridge
Sunshine Morning Nursery
Sue.gutteridge1@hotmail.co.uk

Street, Glastonbury and Wells
Childminder Leads
Leanne Lamb
Leanne.saunders71@gmail.com

Rachel Gadd
rachelanngadd@hotmail.com

EY Practitioner Lead
Kerry Sweet
Noah’s Ark Preschool
noahsarkpreschoolwells@yahoo.co.uk

Teacher Lead
Lucy Smith
Smith.l@millfieldprep.com

Taunton
Childminder Lead
Caroline Perrin
cperrin@hotmail.co.uk

EY Practitioner Lead
Rachel Parrish
Willow Set Pre-School
manager@willowset.org.uk

Teacher Lead
Heidi Screech
North Town Nursery
hscreech@educ.somerset.gov.uk

Wellington and Wiveliscombe
Childminder Lead
Heather Cook
Hmay18@cheerful.com

EY Practitioner Leads
Becky Allder
Stawley Pre-School
ballder@educ.somerset.gov.uk

Chloe House
Beehive Nursery
Chloe.house@beehivedaynursery.co.uk

Rebecca Batten
Fledglings Nursery
rbatten@cotfordstlukeprimary.co.uk

Teacher Lead
Katy Smith
Milverton Primary School
Ksmith3@educ.somerset.gov.uk

West Somerset
Childminder Lead
Rachel Blundell
rachelschildminding@live.co.uk

EY Practitioner Lead
Jo Buck
Cheeky Cherubs Nursery
cheeky.cherubs@yahoo.com

Yeovil and Stoke-sub-Hamdon
EY Practitioner Lead
Chelsea Woollard
Yew Tree Nursery and Pre-school
Chelsw123@aol.com

Ofsted

Address Piccadilly Gate, Store Street, Manchester, M1 2WD
Email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk
Phone 0300 123 1231 Monday to Friday 8am to 6.45pm
Website www.ofsted.gov.uk/contact-us

Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership

Concerned about a child?
Phone Somerset County Council on 0300 123 2224
Website sscb.safeguardingsomerset.org.uk/

Out of hours safeguarding concerns (evenings, weekends and bank holidays)
Emergency Duty Team 0300 123 2327

Health Visiting Service

To find information about health visitors please visit our health visitors page.

Early Help Assessment Co-ordinator

Philippa Small
01823 355803
EHACoordinator@somerset.gov.uk

More information

Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning (SCIL)

Ofsted

Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership

 

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