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Vaccinations and immunisations
Vaccination Information for Under 5s. Vaccinations are the most effective way to protect your child from many serious and potentially fatal diseases. The World Health Organisation says that vaccinations are the most important health intervention after clean water and are responsible for saving millions of…Virtual learning
How others are doing it Learning websites Should you have any queries, please contact the Early Years Advisory teamVolunteer with us! Become an Early Years Parent Champion
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Westminster Family Information Service in collaboration with Coram! We are recruiting a group of local parents who are interested in volunteering with us to become Early Years Parent Champions.WellComm
The Bi-borough is proud to deepen its commitment to ensuring 'Brilliant Beginnings' for all young children. It is recognised in the Early Years Foundation Stage 2021, that spoken language underpins all areas of learning as well as improving life chances for all children. With this in…What is an EHCP? (Education, Health and Care Plan)
What is an EHCP (Education, Health and Care plan) This is legal document which is a collaborative working document between the family, health, education and social care professionals. The child will have SEND whether with a diagnosis or without. These maybe health or education related…What is the 'Early Help Service'?
Early Help in Kensington and Chelsea is a way of getting extra support when needed. Our integrated 0-19 (25 with SEND) service aims to help families when difficulties first begin so that we can support them with finding solutions quickly. Through our Family Hub Model,…What we expect from schools and settings around SEND
We expect every early years provider, state-funded mainstream and special school and post 16 setting to make effective education for children with special educational needs and disability so that they make good progress in their learning and, in the long-term, can become independent and gain…Who we are and what we do
The DOT is part of a ‘public health’ approach in Kensington and Chelsea to tackle serious youth violence and we mostly support children and young people aged between 11-19 years. The majority of our work is focussed upon helping children and young people who are…Whooping cough
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs and airways. Whooping cough is sometimes known as the 100-day cough because of how long it takes to recover from it.