Forms and Guidance
Forms
Parental Declaration Form Academic Year 2023-24 – this form can be used to gather the information required to make an Early Education Funding claim and Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) and Disability Access Funding (DAF) applications. This mandatory information must then be entered onto the provider portal and submitted by the headcount deadline.
Supplier BACS details form – please complete this form if you want to change the bank account you want your funding to be paid into.
Parents’ Network Form – please make this form available to parents who wish to sign up to the Parents’ Network to receive regular information on activities in and around Solihull.
Tools
Summer 2024 Term Estimate Calculator for Advance Payment– this tool can be used to calculate your estimate for your advance claim and will check date of birth range.
Part Week Calculation – this tool will help you calculate part weeks in order to make a funding claim.
Funding Rates
| Funding Type | Funding Rates |
|---|---|
| 9 month old funding (from Autumn 2024 term) | £10.91 per hour |
| 2 year old funding | £7.50 per hour |
| 3 and 4 year old funding (Universal and Extended hours) | £5.02 per hour |
| Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) | £0.68 per hour |
| Deprivation Supplement (for 2 year olds) | £0.25 per hour |
| Deprivation Supplement (for 3&4 years) | £0.84 per hour |
| Supplement - Teacher Pension Cost | £0.33 per hour |
| Disability Access Funding (DAF) | £910 per year |
| Level 1 Inclusion Funding (3 and 4 year olds) | £1.46 per hour |
| Level 2 High Needs Funding (2 year olds) | £7.50 per hour |
| Level 2 High Needs Funding (3 and 4 year olds) | £5.02 per hour |
Guidance
Early education and childcare statutory guidance (April 2024)
Provider Agreement v1.8– this is the agreement between Childcare Providers/Schools and Solihull MBC regarding Early Education Funding.
Privacy Notice – this outlines to parents of newly funded children how you will handle, store and share their information/data to the Department for Education. Please edit this template to ensure you are clear about the information you are collecting about children and parents.
Parental invoice calculation guidance– this guidance will assist you when additional fees/services are chargeable. The Local Authority has a statutory duty to ensure that your published nursery fees are applied correctly when the child is also accessing Early Education Funding for some of the hours attended.
Tax Free Childcare – information on the Tax Free Childcare scheme including how to sign up to offer Tax Free Childcare as a childcare provider.
Instructions for completing FIS Directory Update Form – please use these instruction if you are updating your directory information held by Solihull FIS.