Glossary of terms and stakeholders

Glossary of terms and abbreviations

Term

Meaning

BSiL

Best Start in Life

BSFH

Best Start Family Hub

CLA

Children Looked After

CSA

Childcare Sufficiency Assessment

DfE

Department for Education

EAL

English as an Additional Language

EHCP

Education, Health and Care Plan

EYEC

OFSTED registered early education for children and a childcare solution for families. For example, self-employed childminders, private and voluntary sector day nurseries, preschool playgroups, school nurseries, nursery schools, and early years and childcare provision delivered by School

EYFS

Early Years Foundation Stage (Statutory framework)

EYS

Early Years Services: The range of services delivered for children in the early years, for example midwifery, health visiting, GP, children centres, parenting support, family support and early years and childcare provision

FNP

Family Nurse Partnership

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GLD

Good Level of Development (measured at the end of Reception)

GP

General Practitioner

HLE

Home Learning Environment

ICB

Integrated Care Board

IMD

Index of Multiple Deprivation

LA

Local Authority

LAP

Local Area Plan

LGA

Local Government Association

MMR

Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccination

SEND

Special Educational Needs and Disability

SN

Statistical Neighbour

VCFS

Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector

Stakeholders

Families and Parents: throughout this document, references to ‘families’ and ‘parents’ should be read as including carers and other primary caregivers, such as kinship, foster carers and adoptive parents.

This Strategy has been co-developed by stakeholders including Early Years Services, SEND Birth to Five, Health Visiting, Midwifery, Public Health, Families First, Libraries, Therapy Services, Family Health, Lifestyles Service, Family Hubs, and VCFS organisations.

Together, they form a multiagency coalition that respects the distinct roles and cultures of each service, while committing to shared pathways, aligned plans and coordinated delivery. Through this partnership, Coventry will deliver a graduated offer that supports families early, removes barriers quickly, and adapts to distinct levels of need. By working collectively and focusing our resources where they will have the greatest impact, we will ensure every child in the city has a Bold Start to life and the foundations for a Bright Future.

Stakeholders' information

Stakeholder

Lead Organisation

Website

Accountable officer

Adult Education and Family Learning

Coventry City Council

Family Learning – Coventry City Council

Howard Croft, Senior Curriculum & Operations Manager

Coffee Tots

VSC provider

Parenting Support | Coffee Tots | England

Three Spires Family Support Trust

Coventry Best Start Family Hubs

Coventry City Council

Coventry Families

Early help

Amanda Reynolds, Early Help Manager

Coventry Early Years Providers

Coventry City Council

Coventry Information Directory

N/A

Coventry Early Years Service: Business, Sufficiency and Funding

Coventry City Council

Early Years and childcare – Coventry City Council

Rebecca Smith, Team Leader

Coventry Early Years Service: Quality Improvement and Safeguarding

Coventry City Council

Early Years and childcare – Coventry City Council

Amanda King, Team Leader

Coventry Families First (including Children’s Services, Children’s Disability Team and Early Support Service)

Coventry City Council

Early help – Coventry City Council

Chris Heeley, Strategic Lead, Help and Protection

Coventry Family Information Service

Coventry City Council

Coventry Information Directory

N/A

Coventry Libraries & Information Services

Coventry City Council

Libraries

Kim Mawby, Head of Skills, Employment & Libraries

Coventry Schools

Coventry City Council

Schools and their contact details – Coventry City Council

Rachael Sugars, Strategic Lead Education

Coventry SEND 0 to 5

Coventry City Council

SEND Early Years Team – Coventry City Council

Debs Schindler, Team Leader

Family Health and Lifestyle Services

South Warwickshire Foundation Trust

Coventry Family Health and Lifestyle Service (0 to 19 years)

Charlotte Finlayson, General Manager

Fatherhood Solutions

Commissioned provider

Fatherhood Solutions - iPiP

Scott Mair, Director

MAMTA

Foleshill Women’s Training

MAMTA – FWT

Christine McNaught, CEO

Maternity Services

University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW)

Maternity - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire

Mara Tonks, Director of Midwifery

Perinatal Mental Health Transformation Team

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Search | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Natasha Lloyd Lucas

Speech and Language Therapy Services

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT)

Children's SSLT

Julie Tregonning, Clinical Lead – Children’s Speech and Language Therapy

The Marmot Partnership

Coventry City Council

Marmot Monitoring Tool

N/A

Virtual Schools

Coventry City Council

Virtual School – Coventry City Council

Mikaela Carrasco