Funding and finance for childcare providers

Early years pupil premium, education entitlement, business and finance support, sustainability.

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Services

• Early years pupil premium: model form and letter for parents

  Model form and letter to help providers of early years education identify which children are eligible for the early years pupil premium.

• Early years business and finance support: supplier registration form

  Form for suppliers to complete if they wish to be listed in our early years business and finance support directory.

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Guidance and regulation

• Apply for a childminder start-up grant
  • Detailed guide
  • 5 March 2024
  • Department for Education
• Early years stronger practice hubs
  • Guidance
  • 26 March 2024
  • Department for Education
• Pupil premium: virtual school heads’ responsibilities
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 March 2015
  • Department for Education
• Early years business sustainability: supplier list and guides
  • Guidance
  • 7 September 2018
  • Department for Education
• 1/2015: business rates and childcare providers
  • Guidance
  • 14 January 2015
  • Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Department for Education

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News and communications

• Childcare settings receive cash boost as funding rates increase
  • 1 September 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Children and Families Minister announces new early years funding
  • 28 February 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Speech
• New training for health visitors to boost early language skills
  • 28 February 2019
  • Department for Education and Closed organisation: Public Health England
  • News story
• Robert Goodwill: speech to Nursery World Business Summit
  • 9 November 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Speech
• Prime Minister: This is a government that delivers
  • 7 December 2015
  • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, and Department for Education
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• How childcare provider characteristics impact costs of childcare
  • 8 December 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Evidence of early years providers’ finances from a 2022 survey
  • 8 December 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Providers' finances: survey of childcare and EY providers 2018
  • 28 April 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• 30 hours free childcare: summer term 2019
  • 13 June 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics
• 30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
  • 25 April 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Early years childcare fees regulations
  • 17 March 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 09 October 2019
• Early years pupil premium and funding for 2-year-olds
  • 23 October 2014
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 22 August 2014
• Early education entitlements and funding
  • 19 April 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street