The Government has updated its guidance to local authorities on how to design and implement the Early Years Single Funding Formula (EYSFF), which from April next year will be used to calculate funding for the Free Entitlement across all sectors.
It is hoped the new formula will improve fairness and transparency in the way funding is allocated to providers, and so support the extension of the Free Entitlement to 15 hours, to be delivered more flexibly from September 2010.
The guidance draws on the experiences of the 11 pilot LAs, nine of which implemented their EYFSS in April this year, and acknowledges the 'anxiety among some providers about affordability and whether the rates paid will be sufficient to support the sustainability of settings'.
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