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15 March 2024

Funding Entitlements Update 2024/25

Updated Provider and Parental Agreements- April 2024

These are now in place and available to download on the Knowledge Hub as well as here. If you have already completed a current Parental Agreement for a child starting in April 2024 you do not need to re-issue them with a new one until September.

Parental Agreement Form 2024 final

Provider Agreement (April 2024) final.docx

Provider Agreement form 2024 final-2.docx

EYPP Template letter for Parents

Any changes to the documents are highlighted in yellow. Please can you sign, date and return the provider agreement by the Wednesday 20 March 2024 to fish@eastriding.gov.uk in order to claim funded hours from the Summer Term 2024.

Please note, there will be no updated Provider Agreement in September as all changes have been included in here.

Changes to Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) from April 2024

The EYPP gives providers additional funding to support disadvantaged children accessing an entitlement place.

For 2024 to 2025, EYPP will be extended to all 2-year-olds and under accessing the entitlements and meeting the eligibility criteria detailed below.

We have amended the letter which can be found with the other document links above.

Eligibility

A child will be eligible for EYPP if the child receives either:

• the universal 15 hours entitlement for 3 and 4-year-olds

• the 15 hours entitlement for disadvantaged 2-year-olds

• from April 2024, the 15 hours entitlement for children aged 2 years of working parents

• from September 2024, the 15 hours entitlement for children aged 9 months to 2-years-old of working parents

and they meet any of the following criteria:

• their family gets one of the following:
• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit, provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
• Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid for 4 weeks after they stop qualifying for working tax credit
• Universal Credit (household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax, not including any benefits - this is assessed on up to 3 of the parent’s most recent universal credit assessment periods)

Children who fall under the below criteria must not be added to the e-Hub as it only checks financial eligibility. Please contact FISH by telephone with the child's name, address, date of birth and parents name to apply for EYPP.

• they are currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales
• they have left care in England or Wales through:
• an adoption order
• a special guardianship order
• a child arrangements order

If a child qualifies for EYPP under more than one set of criteria, they will only attract the funding once.

EYPP is not payable on the additional 15 hours entitlement for 3 and 4-year-old children of working parents.

Changes to Disability Access Fund (DAF) from April 2024

A child will be eligible for the DAF if:

• the child is in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

and the child receives one of the following:

• the universal 15 hours entitlement for 3 and 4-year-olds
• the 15 hours entitlement for disadvantaged 2-year-olds
• from April 2024, the 15 hours entitlement for children aged 2 years of working parents
• from September 2024, the 15 hours entitlement for children aged 9 months to 2 years of working parents

Please note that children do not have to take up the full 570 hours of early education that they are entitled to, in order to receive the DAF. Children will be eligible where they take up any period of free entitlement and receive DLA.

Childcare providers will need to complete the Disability Access Form found on the Working with Children page on the FISH website. This form will then need to be sent to FISH along with the child’s DLA award letter. You must have sent in this application before headcount closes.

2-year Funding Changes

Working parents will need to visit the below link to make an application for the new entitlement: https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-childcare-if-youre-working and will be provided with an 11 digit code (the same as the 30 hour 3&4 year funding codes) these are only made up of numbers and can be checked using the eligibility checker open throughout the year on the Ehub.

The codes should have the below information:

• a start date of before the 31^st March 2024
• if the end date is on or before 8^th April 2024 the parent has to reconfirm otherwise cannot access their funding in the summer term.
• Grace period is not applicable this term as they cannot start their funding in the grace period as they have not accessed it in a previous term.

Parents who don’t meet the criteria for the above will need to visit Parent Portal: Home (eastriding.gov.uk) to make an application.

They will receive a code like that shown below, this is a 6-digit code made up of letters and/or numbers. These cannot be checked on the eligibility checker on the Ehub. You will need to make sure you have the following proof:

• screen shot of parental account along with a confirmation email showing when they applied or a letter showing the code
• Or if they are from a neighbouring authority/moved from another local authority will have a letter showing eligibility.

Deadline dates for 2 year funding

These remain the same and mirror the ones for the 3&4 year funding

Further information regarding these changes can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2024-to-2025/early-years-entitlements-local-authority-funding-operational-guide-2024-to-2025