Early Years National Funding Formula (EYNFF)

The new provider hourly rates from 15^th April 2024 (Summer term) to March 2025 are:

3- & 4-year-olds 2024/25 : £5.61 per hour.

Disadvantaged 2-year-olds (whose parents receive some additional government support) 2024/25 : £8.32 per hour.

2-year-old Eligible working parent 2024/25 : £8.22 per hour.

9month to 2 year working parent September 2024/25 £11.23 per hour.

The average deprivation rate remains the same at £0.08 and applies to all the funding streams except for Disadvantaged 2-year-olds.

Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) rate : 68p per hour

Disability Access Fund (DAF) payment : £910 per year.

The new funding hourly rates from 1^st April 2025 have now been agreed and will be as follows:

3- & 4-year-olds 2025/26: £5.97 per hour.

Disadvantaged 2-year-olds (whose parents receive some additional government support) 2025/26: £8.64 per hour.

2-year-old Eligible working parent 2025/26: £8.64 per hour.

9month to 2 year working parent 2025/26 £11.86 per hour.

The average deprivation rate remains the same at £0.08 and applies to all the funding streams.

We are also adding a Quality Supplement to all funding streams from 1^st April 2025 which will be as follows:

3 & 4-year-olds £0.05 per hour.

2-year-old funding for those in receipt of certain benefits £0.02 per hour.

2-year-old funding for eligible working parents £0.01 per hour.

9 months to 2-year-old funding for eligible working parents £0.01 per hour.

Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) rate: £1.00 per hour.

Disability Access Fund (DAF) payment: £938 per year.

Guidance for Providers delivering funding

Buckinghamshire Council's guidance on "Local management of the Funded Entitlement for 9 months to 4-year-olds"

Buckinghamshire Council Childminder Funding Guide

Buckinghamshire Council Settings Funding Guide

Buckinghamshire Council Schools Funding Guide

Buckinghamshire Council Section 27 Schools Funding Guide

Early years entitlements: local authority funding operational guide 2024 to 2025

Working Parent Eligibility Codes

FAQs for providers

FAQ for Parents

Schools and Early Years Funding

Schools with a statutory age range starting at 2 or 3 years are funded for their Early Years children through the school budget, based on census data submitted with adjustments at the end of each term.  Children should be entered on SIMS. 

Section 27 (S27) schools are those who are operating an early years provision whilst having not officially lowered their school-age of admission via the statutory process. The early years provision will be run by governors as a separate entity as opposed to being part of the whole school Read more