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School-based nursery capital grant: application outcomes

Schools which were awarded school-based nursery capital grant funding and information about schools which applied or registered an interest.

Applies to England

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The Department for Education (DfE) has awarded over 600 schools £82 million across phase 1 and 2.

The list of successful applicants shows: 

  • who has been awarded the grant 
  • who is responsible for running the nursery 
  • whether the applicant has an existing nursery 

DfE has contacted all applicants to tell them the outcome. There is no appeals process. We will send successful applicants more instructions. 

The applicant summaries have data on the schools which applied for each phase. 

The registrations of interest summaries have data on who registered their interest in providing school-based nurseries in future. 

Read school-based nursery capital grant 2027 to 2030 for more information on phase 3.

Updates to this page

Published 2 April 2025
Last updated 23 March 2026 show all updates
  1. Added documents for 2025 to 2026: successful applicants, registrations of interest summary and applicant summary.

  2. First published.

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