Yes, parents can choose to split funding between multiple providers of any type (including school based provision), but no more than across two sites in a single day.
Parents must decide which provider/s claim for what amount of hours and the parent has sole discretion as to which provider claims for the extended hours in a split arrangement in line with and acceptance of a providers' funded offer and availability.
Providers are encouraged to ensure parents understand that if they are splitting their funded hours between more than one provider the relevant field in the parent declaration must be completed.
If providers find out later that a parent is splitting funded hours with another provider and were unaware of this (as parent had not advise) it could that providers may need to have the initial funding claim adjusted. if there were to occur parents will be liable for any charges at the provider/s against the amount of any funded hours re-claimed by the council.
In scenarios where the council are asked to resolve a dispute between providers regarding split funding claims about the amount of funded hours providers should receive, the council will normally align claims with child attendance at providers.
Where a child attends providers for an equal amount of hours or there is not enough evidence to confirm which amount of funded hours should be allocated to which provider (i.e. no parent declaration completed to agreed funded hours with parent), the council may split funding as 50/50 (between two providers) so long as a child has attended for the applicable amount of funded hours at each provider.