School-age childcare sufficiency funding
Guidance for local authorities on the local authority capacity support funding for school-age childcare.
Applies to England
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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
Updates to this page
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Replaced 'School-age childcare local authority capacity funding guidance' with 'School-age childcare sufficiency (including local authority capacity funding 2026 to 2027)'.
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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.
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First published.