What is the purpose of the East Sussex Early Years Collective?
The core purpose of the Early Years Collective is to enable the diverse early education provision in East Sussex to thrive.
EY Collectives provide regular opportunities for schools, pre-schools, childminders and other key partners and the Local Authority to work in partnership across their local area to ensure that:
- All children are able to attend an early education provision that is rated at least Good by Ofsted
- All children achieve the best possible outcomes from their early education
- All children experience consistent and, wherever possible, seamless Foundation Stage learning.
The Chailey Collective
The Chailey Collective forms part of the Ashdown EIP. The other Collectives within the EIP are The Havens Collective, Lewes and Ringmer Collective and the Crowborough Collective..
The Chailey Collective is led by Caroline Game who is the EYFS Lead and class teacher as Ditchling (St Margaret’s) and Saffron Revell who is the Nursery Manager also at Ditchling School. Meetings are held in Autumn, Spring and Summer.
Caroline Game: cgame@ditchlingsch.co.uk
Saffron Revell: srevell@ditchlingsch.co.uk
Meeting Dates
12th November 2026 @ Hamsey Primary School
11th March 2027 @ Venue TBC
24th June 2027 @ Venue TBC
Training
The Ashdown Alliance organises a variety of training over the year and keeps practitioners up to date with additional training opportunities throughout East Sussex:
The Early Years Conference 10th November 2026.
