Early Years Funding Formula for Cambridgeshire providers 2024-25

Changes to early years funding rates for April 2024-March 2025 were approved by Children and Young People's Committee following consultation with the Cambridgeshire Early Years Provider Reference Group.

Funding rates for 2024-25 will include the new expanded entitlement for working parents. This will apply in two stages:

For children aged 2 and over from April 2024
For children aged 9 months and up from September 2024

Rates are as follows:
Value per hour	April 2023	September 2023	2024-25
Three and four-year-old places	£4.63	£5.14	£5.40
Two-year-old places (targeted families)	£6.12	£8.12	£8.00
Two-year-old places (working families)	-	-	£8.00
9-months - 2 years old (from September 2024)	-	-	£10.70

Early Years Pupil Premium: Will be paid at a rate of £0.68 per hour for eligible children from April 2024 (up 2p/hour). This premium will be payable for any funded child, including those children under 3 who meet the criteria.

Disability Access Funding: the lump sum paid to settings for eligible children will increase to £910 from April 2024 (up from £881). This funding will be payable for any funded child, including those children under 3 who meet the criteria.

Deprivation Supplement

Deprivation supplement
Rank	Residence of child	IDACI Rank	Value per hour
1	Highest 10% of Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) per IDACI	0 - 3284	£1.30
2	Next highest 10% LSOA per IDACI	3285 - 6568	£1.00
3	Third highest 10% LSOA per IDACI	6569 – 9852	£0.65
4	Fourth highest 10% LSOA per IDACI	9853 - 13136	£0.30
0	Remaining 60% least deprived	13137 - 32844	£0.00

Learn Together

Information on the Cambridgeshire County Council website