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Early education entitlements and funding

Information about the 2023 Spring Budget announcement on early years entitlements and associated funding.
- From: Department for Education
- Updated: 19 April 2024
- Childminder start-up grants scheme update: September 2023
  Applications for the childminder start-up grants scheme are now open.…
- Childminder start-up grants scheme update: April 2023
  Following the announcement of the new start-up grant for childminders at…
- Early education entitlements and funding update: March 2023
  In the government’s spring budget, the Chancellor announced transformative…
Early years funding formulae

We are seeking views on proposed updates to the early years funding formulae, and maintained nursery school supplementary funding.
- From: Department for Education
- Updated: 16 December 2022
Early years funding: changes to funding for 3- and 4-year-olds

We seek views on changes to how we fund free childcare and early education for 3- and 4-year-olds, including a new national funding formula.
- From: Department for Education
- Updated: 12 December 2016
Early years national funding formula: equalities impact assessment

Analysis of the effect that changes to funding for childcare and early education will have on specific protected groups.
- From: Department for Education
- Updated: 1 December 2016

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