Guidance

Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial support for education, early years and children’s social care

Funding and financial support available for education, childcare and children’s social care organisations.

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Applies to England

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This guidance provides details of support and government funding for organisations in:

  • education
  • childcare
  • children’s social care

Information about grant funding for the COVID-19 national testing programme in schools and colleges is available.

Published 17 April 2020
Last updated 22 October 2021 + show all updates
  1. We have updated this guidance to reflect the withdrawal of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and the Self Employment Income Support Scheme on 30 September 2021.

  2. Document 'Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial support for education, early years and children’s social care' updated to reflect latest updates across sectors.

  3. Updated the guidance on supply teachers and other contingent workers in state-funded schools.

  4. Updated to remove outdated sector specific guidance for early years providers and reflect detail on public and private income from school-based nursery provision for mainstream state-funded schools.

  5. Added a note to the section on supply teachers and other contingent workers in state-funded schools to make it clear that it is out of date and the procurement notices mentioned are no longer in effect.

  6. Updated to reflect the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to 30 April 2021.

  7. Early years section of the sector-specific guidance updated to reflect the interaction between the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and 2021 spring term funding.

  8. Updated overview and the early years, supply teachers in state-funded schools, independent schools, further education and apprenticeships and higher education sections.

  9. Guidance updated to clarify statutory sick pay relief.

  10. Updated to align with updated HMT/HMRC guidance.

  11. First published.