EYEE Funding

Early Years Education Entitlement Funding from September 2025

The Early Years Education Entitlement or EYEE is for either 15 or 30 hours term time only, i.e. 38 weeks per year. As an all year round setting open 52 weeks a year, we spread this entitlement to be either 10.96 or 21.92 hours per week.

From the funding term after their 9 month ‘birthday’, children of working parents can apply HERE for a code to claim.

There is funding for 2 year olds whose Parents are in difficult circumstances, you can apply HERE 

From the start of the term after a child’s 3rd birthday, every child is eligible for 15 hours of Early Years Education Entitlement funding

Our Funding models

At Amberley Nursery, we are committed to providing access to high-quality Early Years Education Entitlement, EYEE.  The EYEE only provides basic, minimum standards for care & education, covering simply the place for your child.  However here at Amberley, you can see we like to provide an exceptional and enabling environment for children to thrive.

Purchasing additional hours is not a requirement to access free hours at Amberley Nursery.

We offer 3 options for accessing the funding with the aims of remaining sustainable for the future whilst offering choice and a great quality of service for Parents.

We are trialling these models of accessing the extended funding, and will revisit in January 26, with possible changes from April. We reserve the right to reduce or limit funding hours or pull out of the funding completely.  Without parental contributions the sustainability of the setting will be at risk.

Option one – The Blended Model

Amberley Nursery allows for funding to be used flexibly over the week for parents who purchase additional hours and services. This allows parents to access a place sooner than waiting on our funded-only place waiting list and still utilise their funding entitlement.

We will claim

3 ½ hours Free funding for a morning – paying 1 hour private rate and integrated care package

3 ¼ Free funding for an afternoon – paying 1 hour private rate and integrated care package

5 ¼ Free funding for a school day – paying 1.75 hours private rate and integrated care package

7 hours Free funding for a full day – paying 2 hours private rate and integrated care package

The integrated care package is £2.50 for 0-3s and £5 for 3+ each session to cover care & consumables/non consumables. This is because the EYEE funding does not cover any of these costs.  For all full price sessions, the package is included within the session price.

The fully Integrated care package consists of:

Food package – Our food package includes all foods that follow the Governments Healthy Eating Guidelines, it also follows the strict Allergy Matrix Systems to ensure we keep everyone safe.  Our package also includes snacks, cooking, role play activities, bibs, crockery, utensils and cleaning.  Cost £1.50-£2.50 (depending on age group)

Laundry package – We use soft furnishings at our Nursery, as well as role play costumes, blankets for snuggling or making dens.  We only use flannels for children’s faces and all children needing to sleep or rest will be provided with cots/sleep mats and appropriate bedding.  Cost £1.50-£2.00 (depending on age group)

Activities package – We provide a lot of enrichment within our setting from themed events such as Water week, Science week, around the world week (to name a few, please follow our calendar so you are aware of all the different events).  We also offer numerous seasonal craft such as Christmas, Easter, Mothers/Father’s Day, Bonfire, Multi-cultural events such as Diwali, Chinese New Year, Eid, Harvest Festival.  We also offer our gardening and growing activities as we feel its important for children to learn where food comes from.  We also arrange for outside enrichment such as Jaws and Claws, Fire, Police, Dentist etc.  In house our SENCO will run Turn taking, Attention, Listening and Learning intervention groups.  The children also have access to our outside Art stable to enable them to create whilst being stimulated by the outside environment.  Amberley also encourages outings, we like to teach the children about our community and what buildings mean or represent.  For these we provide buggy buses, Hi-vis vests, first aid materials with qualified first aiders.  We also organise parents’ meetings, social events ie pantomime, whole nursery outings and parents’ evenings. Cost £2.50-£3.00 (depending on age group)

Toilet training and Nappy disposal package – This package includes all the compliance in dealing with body waste and fluids, including sickness/blood.  It includes all nappy sacks, gloves, aprons, masks and cleaning supplies suitable for removal and containment of hazardous waste.  Cost £1.00 – £2.50 (depending on age group)

If you need any financial assistance, then please contact the nursery.

Option 2 – The Blended model with Parental Voluntary Contribution

With this model, we can claim the amount of hours you attend up to the stretched weekly limit, and you pay a Parental Voluntary Contribution (PVC) per funded hour. This, as the name implies is a voluntary contribution and you may switch to a different model if you wish.  Please note that Universal Credit will not pay anything that is Voluntary, therefore this model may be suited more to families that use Tax Free Childcare.

Option 3 – Funded Only Spaces – Attendance Patterns

15 Hours Funded Only Places (Stretched All Year)

• 30pm – 5.30 up to 5 sessions per week
• No additional hours can be purchased
• You will have to supply your child’s snacks and consumables in line with our menu, healthy eating policy and dietary matrix system
• Should you wish not to provide your child’s snacks and consumables then you may have the option to pay £2.00 per snack and/or £1.50 for laundered bedding & flannels
• No partial opt-outs are permitted and there is no option to buy additional sessions.

30 Hours Funded-Only Places (All Year)

• 1:15 PM –30 PM up to twice per week
• 30 PM – 5.30 PM up to 3 sessions per week
• No additional hours can be purchased
• You will have to supply your child’s snacks and consumables in line with our menu, healthy eating policy and dietary matrix system
• Should you wish not to provide your child’s snacks and consumables then you may have the option to pay £00 per snack and/or £1.50 for laundered bedding & flannels
• No partial opt-outs are permitted and there is no option to buy additional sessions.

Minimum Attendance

Most children need continuity of care and regular attendance to feel safe and secure.  They can be unsettled without regular attendance.  We therefore do not accept children attending less then 2 sessions

Initial 3-Month Commitment

• No session reductions are allowed within the first three months of attendance. After this, one month’s notice is required.
• Session increases may be accommodated if space allows.
• Parents may switch to a funded-only place, subject to availability.