Early Years Funding

[eveready50]

Hi does anyone know if there have been changes to the early years funding recently.

My daughter isn't 5 until boxing day and as she is starting an independant school I was under the impression that her nursery funding would continue. I know this has been a thread previously but I need to find out what the policy is as of now. The school tell me the LEA have told them it's been changed.

Anyone had recent experience of this?

[Squiffie]

If she's going to be 5 within the school year I can't imagine that early years funding would continue tbh. Why not just ring your local authority?!

[LIZS]

dd got it for 3 terms in reception (Aug bday) but the school has to fulfil certain criteria such as be open for a minimum number of weeks each academic year, be Ofsted inspected , follow NC/EY etc and it may well be that yours doesn't. dd was in reception 8 years ago and even then it was in the balance each year whether they'd qualify.