Early years funding

Schools block funding, dedicated schools grant, education services grant, early years capital fund, initial teacher training funding.

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Guidance and regulation

• Early years funding: 2024 to 2025
  • Guidance
  • 24 January 2024
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Local authority delivery support funding
  • Guidance
  • 14 February 2024
  • Department for Education
• Early years funding: 2023 to 2024
  • Guidance
  • 19 June 2023
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Early years funding: 2022 to 2023
  • Guidance
  • 25 November 2021
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024
  • Guidance
  • 19 September 2023
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education

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News and communications

• Early years financial incentives pilot: S31 grant letter
  • 8 February 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Correspondence
• Investment in childcare boosted by new resources and online tools
  • 27 October 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Multi-million pound fund to support disadvantaged children in the early years
  • 1 July 2018
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• School revenue funding settlement for 2017 to 2018
  • 20 December 2016
  • Department for Education and Closed organisation: Education Funding Agency
  • Written statement
• Fairer early years funding plan launched
  • 11 August 2016
  • Department for Education
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Maintained nursery schools: contribution to early years provision
  • 30 August 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Early years providers cost study: 2018
  • 30 August 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Cost and funding of early education
  • 27 January 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Early years pupil premium: providers survey
  • 27 January 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2012
  • 28 June 2012
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Early years funding formulae
  • 16 December 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 16 September 2022
• Early years funding: changes to funding for 3- and 4-year-olds
  • 12 December 2016
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 22 September 2016
• Early education entitlements and funding
  • 19 April 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper
• Early years national funding formula: equalities impact assessment
  • 1 December 2016
  • Department for Education
  • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Extended childcare entitlement: eligibility codes issued
  • 2 February 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• School nurseries capital fund: list of application outcomes
  • 22 July 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Education & Skills Funding Agency