If you provide, or plan to provide, funded early education for children aged 9 months to 4 years, this page gives you clear advice and guidance.
If you need forms or detailed documents, see Funded early education - provider forms and guides.
In this section
- Early Years and Education System (EYES) - Funding
- Funded early education for 2 year olds
- Providing funded early education for 3 and 4 year olds
- Providing funded childcare for working parents
- Become a funded early education provider
- Early Years Phase Council
- Early Years Pupil Premium for childcare providers
- Providers Partnership Policy
- Stretched funding guidance
- Key dates for funded early education 2025 to 2026
- Provider Agreement from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026
- Provider forms and guides for funded early education