Help to Grow: Management Essentials

Information about early years funding for the 2025 to 2026 financial year, from the Department for Education.

This briefing sets out insights into Local Authority recruitment for the National Wraparound Childcare Programme, from wraparound Early Adopter Local Authorities and others. Key enabler: dedicated staff resource In Norfolk, the team is headed by a strategic lead overseeing both the wraparound childcare and early years divisions. They are supported by four managers who share responsibilities across both programmes. For operational tasks, such as co-ordinating with Providers and schools, the team...

On 9 December, the Department for Education published details of local authorities’ early years entitlements funding for 2025-26. To accompany this announcement, the department has shared these examples of local authority practice as a tool for all authorities to use as they are thinking about how to develop their EY SEND approaches locally. These examples have been grouped thematically to highlight what approaches and improvements could be considered at different stages of the funding cycle to...