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30 hours free childcare LA and early years provider guide

The operational guidance to support the delivery of the 30 hours extended entitlement was published on 21st April 2017. The guidance can be found here. This builds on the statutory guidance and is intended to support local authorities and providers understand in more detail the Department of Education’s expectations about how the free entitlements should be delivered.

Claiming for funded children

Please see YouTube videos via the link below showing how to add the funded children onto the FIS Portal (Synergy Tribal system)



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