Early Years Autumn Period 2020 Funding Survey

Overview

The DfE has now issued guidance (20th July 2020) on how funded hours should be applied in the Autumn funded period 2020. 

From the start of the autumn term 2020, local authorities should continue to fund providers which are open at broadly the levels they would have expected to see in the 2020 autumn term had there been no coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. They should also continue to fund providers which have been advised to close, or left with no option but to close, due to public health reasons. Local authorities should not fund providers which are closed, without public health reason, from the start of the autumn term.

Why your views matter

All providers must have indicated, through a new Early Years Autumn Period 2020 Funding Survey, whether they are going to be open or closed at the beginning of the Autumn period 2020, if they wish to receive an estimate payment.