Guidance

Early years funding: spring 2021 and financial year 2021 to 2022

Guidance for local authorities on funding for the 2021 spring term top-up and the financial year 2021 to 2022.

From:
Education and Skills Funding Agency
Published
18 March 2021

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Applies to England

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Early years funding guidance for local authorities: spring term 2021 and the 2021 to 2022 financial year

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Early years 2021 spring term funding - maximum top-up attendance values for eligible local authorities

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Details

The above guidance sets out:

  • how local authorities can access the top-up financial support we have put in place during the 2021 Spring term, up to a capped level of 85% of January 2020 attendance levels; and
  • how local authorities will be funded for the early years entitlements in the financial year 2021 to 2022

We have also published the 85% value of January 2020 attendance data for each relevant early years entitlement line for each local authority to help assess whether they will be eligible for the top-up funding for the spring term.

Please refer to the use of free early education entitlements funding during coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance.

Published 18 March 2021