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Information about the 2023 Spring Budget announcement on early years entitlements and associated funding.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Applications for the childminder start-up grants scheme are now open.…
Following the announcement of the new start-up grant for childminders at…
In the government’s spring budget, the Chancellor announced transformative…
Details of the funding system for schools and high needs.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
We are seeking views on proposed updates to the early years funding formulae, and maintained nursery school supplementary funding.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
We’re seeking views on proposals to reform how local authorities’ school improvement functions are funded.
We're seeking views on our proposals to provide greater support to small, remote schools through the national funding formula's sparsity factor in 2022 to 2023.
We’re seeking views on proposed changes to the high needs national funding formula (NFF), forming a part of the high needs NFF review.
Call for evidence on the financial arrangements for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) and those who need alternative provision (AP).
We are seeking views on the implementation of the changes to the criteria for agreeing loan schemes.
We’d like your views on plans to change local authority recoupment arrangements for mainstream free schools.
We seek views on changes to how we fund free childcare and early education for 3- and 4-year-olds, including a new national funding formula.
Analysis of the effect that changes to funding for childcare and early education will have on specific protected groups.
Impact assessment of changes to the funding for 16 to 19 study programmes for students without a good pass in English and maths.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This report outlines alternative provision and pupil referral units in England and makes recommendations to improve this sector.
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