Guidance

Early years funding: 2023 to 2024

Information for local authorities and settings about early years funding for the 2023 to 2024 financial year.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 16 December 2022
• Last updated: 19 June 2023
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  1. 19 June 2023

     Early years entitlements: local authority funding operational guide 2023 to 2024: - Section 7: Disability access fund (DAF): we've amended the wording in the second paragraph. - Section 7.4: Distributing DAF to early years providers - we've included additional wording in the second paragraph about the funding rate for the disability access fund (DAF). - Section 8.5: Paying EYPP to early years providers - we've included additional wording in the second paragraph about the funding rate for the eary years pupil premium (EYPP).

  2. 9 February 2023

     We've updated the wording in section 5 to reflect the School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2023 (the Regulations).

  3. 16 December 2022

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 5 September 2024

Find the latest information about early years funding in our pre-16 schools funding local authority collection.

Applies to England

Documents

Early years entitlements: local authority funding operational guide 2023 to 2024

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2023 to 2024 Early years funding formulae: technical note

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Early years funding rates and step-by-step calculations 2023 to 2024

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 379 KB

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Details

Operational guide

Local authorities should follow this guidance when funding providers to deliver the early years entitlements in the financial year 2023 to 2024.

Technical note

Read the technical note and step-by-step guide (in the funding rates table) to understand how the funding rates for early years have been calculated.

Funding rates

View the funding rates for your local authority area

Further information

You can view the rates and calculations for previous financial years on the early years national funding formula: funding rates and guidance page and the early years funding: 2022 to 2023.

Rates and calculations for financial year 2024 to 2025 are now available.

You can read more about the government’s response to the consultation on early years funding formulae.