Discover how Better Start’s Quality Development Service (QDS) can help your setting bring its Quality and Inclusive Practice Plan (QIPP) to life
Did you know that settings have the option to select support from Better Start QDS as a quality development action in their Quality and Inclusive Practice Plan (QIPP), which is submitted to meet contractual requirements under Core Funding? The deadline for submission of the 2025/2026 QIPP is Friday 31 October 2025.
Last year 98% of settings who did this expressed satisfaction with the mentoring and advice we provided.
- Please submit an application, by logging into your Hive Account, expand the Programmes menu and select Better Start Quality Development Service Applications. Select New Application from My Active Programme Applications in the Applications tab, select ‘Better Start Quality Development Service Applications’, followed by ‘New Application’.
- On your QIPP 2025/2026 indicate that you will seek support in progressing your identified quality and inclusion actions and select Better Start.