Application deadlines and payments schedule
We pay inclusion funding payments alongside monthly EYE payments. We will notify providers when their application is reviewed and agreed. Providers should then add the child to their register in the early years hub. The inclusion funding will be added as a 'weighting' next to the child's record.
Primary deadlines - applications and reviews
Autumn 2024
- from 1 September 2024 - providers will receive payment linked to EYE funding
- 12 July 2024 - deadline for inclusion applications and review forms
- 19 September 2024 - payment due to providers
Spring 2025
- from 1 January 2025 - providers will receive payment linked to EYE funding
- 15 November 2024 - deadline for inclusion applications and review forms
- 23 January 2025 - payment due to providers
Summer 2025
- from 1 April 2025 - providers will receive payment linked to EYE funding
- 14 February 2025- deadline for inclusion applications and review forms
- 24 April 2025 - payment due to providers
Secondary deadlines for emergency applications only
These deadlines are for children who have started at the setting unexpectedly and additional funding is needed. Reviews will not be accepted at these emergency panels.
Autumn 2024
- from 1 November 2024 - providers will receive payment linked to EYE funding
- 20 September 2024 - deadline for inclusion applications and review forms
- 21 November 2024 - payment due to providers
Spring 2025
- from 1 March 2025 - providers will receive payment linked to EYE funding
- 24 January 2025 - deadline for inclusion applications and review forms
- 20 March 2025 - payment due to providers
Summer 2025
- from 1 June 2025 - providers will receive payment linked to EYE funding
- 23 May 2025 - deadline for inclusion applications and review forms
- 24 July 2025 - payment due to providers