Early Years business support

All registered nurseries, pre-schools and childminders have access to the Early Years Advisory Team who can offer support and advice. Email eyat@iow.gov.uk.

Whether you are starting a new childcare business or need to make some changes to your existing provision, having the right tools to help can make all the difference. In this section we have created a number of resources and have provided links to organisations and business tools that can help.

Sure Start information guides for planning and running your business:

• Knowing your business – using your information to improve your business (PDF, 2MB)
• Managing finance (PDF, 1MB)
• Managing your childcare business (PDF, 1MB)
• Marketing your childcare business (PDF, 1MB)
• Pricing your childcare service (PDF, 1MB)
• Planning for business success – a foundation module (PDF, 1MB)
• Mind your Business – a guide to successful self-employment for childminders (PDF 2MB)
• Working with Parents – a guide to creating effective working relationships for childminders (PDF, 979KB)
• Four key financial documents for childcare settings (PDF, 41KB)
• Working out cash flow for forecasts and budgets (PDF, 235KB)
• Petty Cash (PDF, 41KB)
• Business Plan template provided on the GOV.UK website 
• Supporting Early Years Providers to run sustainable businesses
• Workforce Strategy provided on the GOV.UK website.

• Sign up for HMRC online services
• Help and support if you’re self-employed
• Workplace Pensions 
• HMRC Self Assessment Ready Reckoner 
• National Minimum Wage and Living Wage and calculator
• Tax free childcare – childcare providers 
• Childcare Choices – Information for parents and providers
• Finding business finance and support

• Assessing the sustainability of a setting (158KB) 
• Becoming a registered childminder 
• Business Competition Grid (PDF, 53KB) 
• Swot analysis (PDF, 51KB) 
• VAT guide (PDF, 124KB) 
• Data Protection information provided by ICO 
• How to form a committee (PDF, 117KB)
• Types of Legal Structures and Organisations (107KB)

The different types of childcare available to you are as listed below.

• Childminder
• Childminder Agencies (CMA)
• Crèche
• Day Nursery
• Emergency Childcare
• Holiday Play scheme
• Nanny
• Nursery School or Class
• Out of School Club
• Pre School
• Parent and Toddler Group

• Guidance for childminders and childcare providers to register with Ofsted

• Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework
  
  

There are other organisations that can offer guidance and support:

• National Day Nurseries Association provide support for NDA members, information and advice, childcare training and a quality improvement scheme, e-Quality Counts
• Early Years Alliance is an early years membership organisation and voluntary sector provider of quality affordable childcare and education in England and provides support to EYA members, information and advice, publications and childcare training
• Business Smart is funded by the DfE and provides ideas, inspiration and tools to help new and existing childcare practitioners develop and maintain a sustainable business
• PACEY offers support and guidance to deliver high standards of care and learning
• Coram Family and Childcare focuses on childcare and early years to make a difference to families' lives now and in the long term
• DfE has advice, examples and resources to help early years providers run a sustainable childcare business support for early years providers of all sizes to build sustainable and successful businesses and help them access the business support they need.

• Planning Department 
• Economic Development