30 hours childcare programme
The statutory and operational guidance to support the delivery of the 30 hours extended entitlement programme has been released by the DfE. It is recommended that all providers read these documents.
Eligibility guidance has also been confirmed and we include regular updates and alerts in this section as elements of the programme are confirmed and become operational, in readiness for the national roll out in September 2017.
Guidance
- 30 hour extended entitlement update for providers January 2018
- 30 hour extended entitlement important update August 2017 (pdf)
- Early education and childcare statutory guidance (GOV.UK)
- Early years entitlements: operational guidance (GOV.UK)
- 30 hour eligibility criteria guidance (GOV.UK) July 2017
- Voucher guidance and parental consent template (word)
- 30 hour extended entitlement - Key update from DfE and us July 2017 (pdf)
Events
- Currently there are no events.
Resources
- 30 hours childcare programme FAQs March 2017
- 30 hours entitlement update presentation version one May 2017
- 30 hours entitlement update presentation version two May 2017
- Early years disability access fund form (word) May 2017
- Supporting parents in applying for 30hrs extended entitlement and tax free childcare July 2017 (pdf)
Business planning/ partnership working guidance
In Ealing, we have run business support workshops and briefings for schools, PVIs and childminders and during that process have developed a range of documents and tools providers can use to assist in developing their business plan for the 30hr extended entitlement.
Developing your business plan will assist in making an informed decision regarding the level of engagement and delivery of the programme.
All documents below are in pdf format unless otherwise stated.
Business review and planning
- Schools ten steps workbook (Childcare Works)
- School business plan guidance
- School business plan template
- School business planning workshop - presentation Jan17
- PVI setting ten steps workbook (Childcare Works)
- PVI business plan guidance (word)
- Nursery business plan template (word) (Family and Childcare Trust)
- Business sustainability - online support material (Foundation Years)
- Early years business sustainability (GOV.UK) Advice, examples and resources.
Business planning and partnership working
- FCT Delivering 30hr entitlement and partnership - childminders
- FCT Delivering 30hr entitlement - facilitating effective partnership
- 30hr partnership toolkit (Family and Childcare Trust)
Demand and sufficiency
- Ealing parental demand survey report
- 30hr childcare sufficiency analysis
- Parent demand survey template for providers
Financial planning
- Financial modelling example for schools
- Guide to using the financial planning workbook
- Cambridgeshire finance workbook model (xls)
- Childcare works briefing 3 - lunchtimes and additional charges
- Tax free childcare Ealing schools guide - UTR number
- Early years business sustainability (GOV.UK) Advice, examples and resources.
- Provider eligibility check flowchart May 2017
Information for parents
- How parents who've applied for 30 hours free childcare can access their childcare service account July 2017
- Help with childcare cost leaflets (Family and Childcare Trust)
- 30hr eligibility checker tool (Ealing Family Directory)
- Application for 30hr entitlement (GOV.UK)
- Parental declaration form sample (word) May 2017
- Childcare choices parent information sheet - England July 2017
- Childcare choices poster - England July 2017
- Ealing childcare choices local parent leaflet July 2017
