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Special broadcast
Monday 28 January 2019
Spring term Free Entitlement actuals – closes midnight on Wednesday 30 January 2019
This is a reminder that the Online Provider Portal (OPP) closes at midnight on Wednesday 30 January for Autumn term Free Entitlement (FE) actuals claims.
Important: In order to meet our statutory census return deadline, we will be unable to process any claims which miss this deadline for children who are in attendance during Headcount week.
For further information and guidance please:
- Read the “Free Entitlement – additional information for providers” document on our webpage westsussex.gov.uk/ecsfreeentitlement
- Follow the guidance entitled “How to claim child-level funding” available here. The guidance includes how to claim Disability Access Fund (DAF), Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) and Extended FE for eligible 3 and 4 year olds.
Please note:
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Claiming DAF – you must only select ‘Yes’ next to ‘Nominated for DAF’ if the signed Parent Declaration form shows the child is in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
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30 hour Extended entitlement codes – parents must have applied for their code before 31 December 2018 in order to claim Extended FE in Spring term 2019.
- Remember, you can carry out an instant 30 hour code check only using the ‘Online eligibility checker’ via the OPP (this will not save or submit your data to us), see our OPP help guide for further guidance: westsussex.gov.uk/ecsportal
Headcount day: Thursday 17 January 2019
If you have any queries please email free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk
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