2, 3 and 4 year old funded provider information
Information and guidance on free early years entitlement for funded providers, including parental declaration form and headcount portal guide.
For information on the 30 hour free entitlement which will be available from September 2017 please click on the button below.
Stretching a child's entitlement
‘Stretching’
Where providers have the capacity and there is demand, parents are now able to take up their child’s early education place in patterns of hours which ‘stretch’ their child’s entitlement by taking fewer hours a week over more weeks of the year.
Flexibility is not just about offering longer hours, but also offering different patterns of provision. Providers offering the flexible option must ensure that they offer parents a level of flexibility which meets the parents’ needs and gives them a choice in how they access their full entitlement to free early education.
If a Provider wishes to ‘stretch’ a child’s entitlement the Provider needs to ensure that they state this on the parental declaration form. The pattern of hours over the term must be mutually agreed between the Provider and the parent before the start of the term and must operate within the following parameters:
- A maximum of 15 hours in any one week. The 15 hours must be taken over a minimum of 2 days per week.
- Funding must be taken over a minimum of 2.5 hours a day and up to a maximum of 10 hours per day.
Providers are required to maintain a record of the agreed pattern of hours should this be required as part of a funding audit.
Parents who opt to ‘stretch’ their entitlement are not permitted to split their entitlement between two providers.
Claiming the funded entitlement
Providers are required to claim the funded entitlement in total termly hours (maximum 210 hours for Autumn Term 2016). This should be done using the headcount portal guide listed in the forms and administration section below.
Forms and administration
- Headcount portal guide
- Download (972KB)
- Parental declaration form - 2, 3 and 4 year old funding
- Download (175KB)
- Change of details form
- Download (88KB)
- Term dates 2016 to 2017
- Download (157KB)
- 2016 Appendix 1 - Directory of Providers Application Form-1
- Download (103KB)
- Code sets
- Download (16KB)
- Date of eligibility chart
- Download (8KB)
Free early years provision (FEYP) funding agreement
Agreement
- Agreement - Delivery of Free Early Years Provision for 2, 3 and 4 Year Olds - 2016-1
- Download (329KB)
- Agreement - Delivery of Free Early Years Provision for 3 and 4 Year Olds - 2016-1
- Download (402KB)
Schedule one (2016) - main documents
- Cover Page
- Download (3KB)
- Introduction-1
- Download (68KB)
- Contents Page-1
- Download (74KB)
- 2016 Section - 1 Introduction and Overview-1
- Download (67KB)
- 2016 Section 2 - The Free Entitlement
- Download (190KB)
- 2016 Section 3 - Directory of Providers
- Download (271KB)
- 2016 Section 4 - Quality
- Download (269KB)
- 2016 Section 5 - The Funding Process
- Download (297KB)
- 2016 Section 6 - Charging Policies and Parental Contracts
- Download (163KB)
- 2016 Section 7 - Support for children with Special Needs
- Download (184KB)
- 2016 Section 8 - Additional Requirements and Information
- Download (100KB)
Schedule one (2016) - appendices
- 2016 Appendix 1 - Directory of Providers Application Form
- Download (103KB)
- 2016 Appendix 2 - Newly Registered Provider Form
Download (149KB)
- 2016 Appendix 3 - Change of Details Form
- Download (92KB)
- 2016 Appendix 4 - Quality Improvement Strategy (QIS)
- Download (154KB)
- 2016 Appendix 5 Free Early Years Provision Term Lengths
- Download (157KB)
- 2016 Appendix 6 - Parental Declaration 2, 3 and 4 YO (A)
- Download (273KB)
- 2016 Appendix 7 (1) EY Portal Provider User Guide
- Download (972KB)
- 2016 Appendix 8 - Late Starter and Early Leaver Forms
- Download (102KB)
- 2016 Appendix 9 - Children with Special Educational Needs Form
- Download (126KB)
- 2016 Appendix 10 Amendment Sheet
- Download (60KB)
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Schedule two (2016)
- 2016 Schedule 2 Title Page-1
- Download (51KB)
- early_education_and_childcare_statutory_guidance_2014-1
- Download (330KB)
Schedule three (2016)
- 2016 Schedule 3 Notification of Funding Rates-1
- Download (131KB)
Useful information
- Providing clear invoices to parents
- Download (61KB)
- Letter for providers about formula changes - December 2012
- Download (81KB)
- 2-3 early years single funding formula (EYSFF) review 2013-2014
- Download (64KB)
- Achieving two year olds - information for providers
- Download (1.04MB)
- Children missing from education (CME) policy - May 2013
- Download (704KB)
- Development matters handout
- Download (642KB)
Questions about claims?
If you have any questions in relation to claims, please contact us via:
Email: educationreturnsandcollections@doncaster.gov.uk | Telephone: 01302 862111/862119/737138
Address: Education Returns and Collections Team, 3rd Floor, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU.