Become a Flying Start childcare provider

If you are a childcare provider, you can register your interest in providing Flying Start services.

Eligibility 

To provide Flying Start services, childcare providers must:

• be Care Inspectorate Wales Registered (CIW)
• deliver high quality childcare
• have received a score of ‘good’ in their most recent Estyn report
• have no areas of non-compliance in their CIW report

Support you can expect from us

Childcare settings who provide Flying Start services are allocated a Flying Start Teaching Assistant who will:

• work to develop strong relationships with the setting
• provide support and guidance when needed
• signpost settings to training and funding that is available to them

Register your interest in providing Flying Start 

You can register your interest online for providing Flying Start services. 

You can also register your interest online for providing Early Education – 10 hours free education. 

Find out more about Early Education – 10 hours free education.

Register your interest in providing Flying Start services

After registering your interest

After registering your childcare setting's interest, we will:

• review your application
• arrange a meeting to discuss your setting, explain the registration process and the expectations of Flying Start
• require a recent Quality Care Review and/or Setting Improvement Plan (SIP) 
• set a date for an assessment (which lasts a full session) where we will use a Setting Support Framework scoring and a report will be collated from this. If your scores are eligible, you will be invited for an interview.