Early education funding rates and payment dates
April 2025 early education funding (EEF) rates for 2025-2026
| 3 and 4 year olds | 2 year olds with WFF (working family funding) |
2 years with BS code (Best Start) |
9-23 months olds with WFF | When funding is paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funding base rate | £5.47/hour | £6.98/hour | £6.98/hour | £9.71/hour | Estimates |
| 2 year old Best Start in Life uplift | £0.49/hour | Final payment | |||
| EYPP (Paid on universal/funded hours only) |
£1/hour | £1/hour | £1/hour | £1/hour | Final payment |
| Deprivation (Paid over all hours claimed) |
£0.44/hour | £0.53/hour | £0.53/hour | £0.76/hour | Final payment |
| DAF (Disability Access Fund) | £938/year | £938/year | £938/year | £938/year | Final payment |
Early education funding calendar
This calendar illustrates the breakdown of the academic year for the purpose of claiming early education funding. It numbers the funding weeks across the year, shows the holidays, the term time only weeks and the stretched weeks. Boxes at the bottom confirm the periods each term covers and the maximum number of weeks that can be claimed for each term. It is to be used in accordance with the terms of the Herefordshire provider agreement.
Early education funding calendar 2024-25
Early education funding schedule
This table lists the significant dates and deadlines in advance for the academic year that settings need to adhere to. They are applied to the process in place for claiming early education funding.
| 3 estimate payments | Summer term 2025 - 11 weeks TTO/18 weeks STR |
|---|---|
| Estimate payments to be received by setting | 1st estimate payment - 7 May 2025 |
| Estimate payments to be received by setting | 2nd estimate payment - 7 June 2025 |
| Estimate payments to be received by setting | 3rd estimate payment - 7 July 2025 |
| Estimates to be recorded on Synergy | 7 April 2025 |
| Estimate deadline | 11 April 2025 |
| Headcount opens | 12 May 2025 |
| Headcount window closes | 19 May 2025 |
| Adjustment window opens | 2 June 2025 |
| Adjustment headcount closes | 6 September 2025 |
| Final payment including adjustments input up to 27 June 2025 (date subject to change) | w/c 4 August 2025 |
| Payment of adjustments entered after 27 June 2025 (date subject to change) | Paid within 3 weeks of autumn term |