How are the funded hours paid?

Funding can be supplied and claimed as follows:

• Spring term (1 January to 31 March) - '38 week' offer 11 Weeks / 'Stretch' offer 12 Weeks
• Summer term (1 April to 31 August) - '38 week' offer 13 Weeks / 'Stretch' offer 20 Weeks
• Autumn term (1 September to 31 December) - '38 week' offer 14 Weeks / 'Stretch' offer 16 Weeks

Funding offer in hours.

• The standard offer is calculated over 38 weeks can be claimed as: 
  > Universal/ Think2 offer - 15 hours per week 
  > 30 hours - 30 hours per week
  
  
• The stretch offer is often calculated over 48 weeks as:
  > universal hours/ Think2 - 11.88 hours per week
  > 30 hours at 23.75 hours  per week 

*Please note - families do not have to take up their full entitlement of hours.

Find details of the headcount and payment dates