Management Information Sheet

The Local Authority plans to consult with early years providers via an online survey to gather views on the implementation of funding for additional parental entitlements from April 2024, and the methodology used to determine the funding formula for the 2024-25 financial year.

The consultation questions have been informed by discussion with your representatives at Schools Forum and the sector wide Early Years Consultative Group. These representatives will consider your responses alongside local authority officers to inform the approach Norfolk County Council takes to setting the formula for distributing Early Years Funding from April 2024.

Early Years providers will be asked to complete an on-line survey. We hope that this will ensure that as many views are gathered as possible.

Surgeries will take place across the county to give providers the opportunity to meet with local authority staff to discuss any queries concerning the new entitlements and/or survey content. Ideally colleagues will attend an event before filling in the survey.

The Learning & Achievement Service (Early Years) brochure details how to join the surgery sessions:
autumn-2023-leadership-and-management-training-brochure.pdf (norfolk.gov.uk)

The engagement paper and link to the survey is available from Tuesday 3 October to Tuesday 31 October 2023 via the webpage Local funding formula - Schools (norfolk.gov.uk).

If you have a specific question regarding the survey, please email Martin Brock or Su Rushbrook at earlyyearsfinance@norfolk.gov.uk.