Issue - decisions

23/00070 - Increase to Early Years Free Entitlement Rates from September 2023

21/08/2023 - 23/00070 - Increase to Early Years Free Entitlement Rates from September 2023

As Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, I agree to:

 

  1. The allocation of the Early Years Supplementary Grant (EYSG) 2023-24 to Providers of the Free Entitlement offer using the following rates from September 2023:

 

·       £1.79 per hour for 15 hours entitlement for disadvantaged 2-year-olds.

·       £0.42 per hour for 15 hours universal entitlement for 3 and 4-year-olds.

·       £0.42 per hour 15 hours additional entitlement for 3 and 4-year-old children of working parents.

·       £5,560 lump sum for Maintained nursery schools (MNS) supplementary funding (equivalent to £9,532 for a full year).

·       £0.04 per hour Early years pupil premium (EYPP).

·       £30.92 Disability access fund (DAF) (equivalent to £53.00 for a full year).

 

  1. A contingency, equivalent to 7.5% of the grant valve (equivalent to approximately £460k), to be held to mitigate the risk where the cost of payments may be higher than the amount of grant received. For the requirement of this contingency to be reviewed in light of the EYSG conditions of grant due to be published in the Autumn Term and January 2024 census data. Where the contingency is not required, an additional allocation will be made to providers in agreement with the Cabinet Member of Education & Skills.

 

  1. Delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Children, Young People and Education to make any further necessary changes to implement this decision.