Having to sign a form every term for the funded 15 hours

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My 3-year-old daughter’s nursery makes me sign a form every term for the free 15 hours’ funding. Is this the norm at every other nursery for the government-funded 15 hours?

Yes, this is part of the government’s requirements and normal. It is to reconfirm eligibility.

No, it's made up nonsense - every 3 year old is eligible.

Yes, it's how they claim the funding and allocate it to the settings you put on the form. I would prefer if it could be submitted online though.

Yes, that’s very normal.

That is true, but the LEA require the information to ensure that the funding is being properly allocated and not being claimed by more than one setting. We have had that exact situation before, where a child attended two settings and the parents attempted to claim 15 hours at both. The forms ensure that the funding goes to where it is supposed to, or that it is correctly split between settings.

It’s only 3 times a year, not exactly a huge demand on anyone!

My nursery does it online

I’ve never had to do this and we get the universal 15 hours.

Yes we do it.

Every childcare provider who accesses funding has to do this.
It's to prove that parents are getting the funding that the provider is claiming for.

Always done ours each term.

Yes, same here plus reconfirming on gov website every 3 months

They're eligible but my LA still want a funding form signed to agree the setting can claim the hours. It's basically consent from the parent that the setting can claim.