How are 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
Funded offer in hours per week:
- The standard offer is calculated over 38 weeks can be claimed as:
- Think2 for disadvantaged 2 year olds - 15 hours per week
- Universal hours for 3 and 4 year olds/ offer - 15 hours per week
- Working Parent Entitlement - 30 hours per week
- The stretch offer is often calculated over 48 weeks as:
- Universal hours and Think2 - 11.88 hours per week
- 30 hours - is at 23.75 hours per week
Payments for the stretch offer can only be claimed and paid over 48 weeks of the year. However, providers can still offer stretch over a different number of weeks per year (i.e. 50, 51....). If providers stretch offer does differ the provider will need to calculate the amount of funded hours parents receive per week (compared to the 23.75 hours per week as 48 weeks as paid by the council).
Please note: families do not have to take up their full entitled hours.
Find details of the headcount and payment dates.
