What is the purpose of the Early Years Hub for Excellence?
The core purpose of the Early Years Hubs for Excellence is to enable the diverse early education provision in East Sussex to thrive.
EYFS Hubs 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 Hub
The Chailey Hub forms part of the Ashdown EIP. The other Hubs within the EIP are The Havens Hub, Lewes and Ringmer Hub and the Crowborough Hub.
The Chailey Hub 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
19th November 2025 @ Chailey St Peter’s
12th March 2026 @ Chailey St Peter’s
9th June 2026 @ Ditchling (St Margaret’s)
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 Safeguarding Conference 5th June.
The Early Years Reading Conference is on 9th July.
See below for more information.
