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Guidance

School-age childcare sufficiency funding for local authorities

Guidance for local authorities on the local authority capacity support funding for school-age childcare.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
17 December 2025
Last updated:
15 April 2026
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  1. Updated the title to make clearer that the guidance is for local authorities.

  2. Replaced 'School-age childcare local authority capacity funding guidance' with 'School-age childcare sufficiency (including local authority capacity funding 2026 to 2027)'.

  3. Updated as MHCLG will publish the grant determination letter for the children, youth and families grant in April 2026. Added link to final local government finance settlement.

  4. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

School-age childcare sufficiency (including local authority capacity funding 2026 to 2027)

PDF, 557 KB, 36 pages

Details

This guidance is for all local authorities in England.

Local authority school-age childcare leads and other colleagues working on childcare-related activities should use this guidance when securing and delivering school-age childcare in their area. This includes colleagues working in:

  • the holiday activities and food programme
  • the free breakfast clubs programme
  • wraparound childcare

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