FEEE Financial Guidance 2025-26

The next section of downloads is our guidance for 2025-26 comprising the following:

• Appendix C - Final hourly rates for 3 & 4 year old places (universal & working family offer) for 2025-26
• Appendix D - Deprivation supplement payments in respect of 3 & 4 year olds for 2025-26
• Appendix E - Indicative budget shares for 2 year olds eligible for up to 15 hrs FEEE per week under the benefits related criteria
• Appendix F - Indicative budget shares for 3 & 4 year old universal offer places 2025-26
• Appendix G - Indicative budget shares for 3 & 4 year old working families offer places 2025-26
• Appendix F & G (amalgamated) - Indicative budget shares for 3&4 year old places (universal & Working family offer) 2025-26
• Hourly rates for under 2s, 2 and 3 & 4 year olds

FEEE Financial Guidance 2024-25

The documents below are appendices from the Early Years Funding Formula report presented to Schools Forum on 7th February and provide details of the final hourly rates and indicative budgets for all setting for the 2024-25 financial year.

• FEEE Financial Guidance document for 2024/25
• Appendix C - Final hourly rates for 3 & 4 year old places (universal & working family offer) for 2024-25
• Appendix D - Deprivation supplement payments in respect of 3&4year olds for 2024-25
• Appendix E - Indicative budget shares for 2 year olds eligible for up to 15 hrs FEEE per week under the benefits related criteria
• Appendix F - Indicative budget shares for 3&4 year old universal offer places 2024-25
• Appendix G - Indicative budget shares for 3&4 year old working families offer places 2024-25
• Appendix F & G (amalgamated) - Indicative budget shares for 3&4 year old places (universal & Working family offer) 2024-25
• Hourly rates for under 2s, 2 and 3& 4 year old

EYSFF Payment terms and conditions

• FEEE Terms and Conditions 2024-2027 

Estimating FEEE income for your school/setting

Being able to accurately calculate the amount of FEEE funding your school or setting will receive based on the number of children you estimate will take up a place has always been important in order to support short and long-term budget planning and financial sustainability. However, with the expansion of the FEEE offer during the financial year 2024/25 to children from 9 months old, it is more important than ever—particularly if you are considering delivering FEEE places to an age range of children that you may not have provided for before.

To assist schools and settings with this, we have developed two FEEE income calculators:

• One covering Summer Term 2025 to Spring Term 2026, which includes the new entitlement of 30 hours per week (from September 2025) for under 2s and 2-year-old children from working families.
• One covering the financial year 2024/25 (Summer Term 2024 to Spring Term 2025).

Please remember that children are eligible from the term after their eligible birthday.

Digital Parental Declaration form

Childcare Providers must ensure that a Parental Declaration Form is completed for all children accessing the free early education entitlement. This digital parental declaration form can be completed by the childcare provider on behalf of parents/carers based on the information provided during registration or completed by the parent/carer themselves.

Process:

1. The childcare provider completes the form using the information given by the parent/carer or the parent/carer completes the form themselves
2. If completed by setting, the completed form is sent to the parent/carer’s email address for their signature or if completed by the parent/carer, the completed form is sent to the childcare provider’s email address to complete setting details and signature.
3. If the parent/carer does not sign off on the information, the form will be returned to the childcare provider for updates.
4. Once the form is signed by the parent/carer, it will also need to be signed by the childcare provider.
5. A copy of the completed form will be sent to both the parent/carer and the childcare provider via email for record purposes. The LA will also have a copy of the final signed and completed parental declaration form. 

You do not need to sign in or create an account to complete this digital form. You can download a copy of the form for your reference, but information must be entered through the link provided here: Waltham Forest Parent Declaration for the Free Early Education Entitlement.

Digital Parental Declaration form user guide 

The Parental Declaration form is provided for reference purposes only. It is intended to guide providers on the information required to complete the digital parental declaration form accurately.

Finance Templates

• Example FEEE invoice to parents
• Terms and Conditions - Fees and charges policy prompt
• Example fees and charges for 50 weeks
• Example fees and charges for 38 weeks

User Guides

• How to establish the IDACI bandings of child postcodes 

For any queries relating to FEEE funding and submitting headcounts, please contact 020 8496 3565.