Question: Are there any changes to the early years funding for childcare providers?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Maintaining education and skills training provision: further education providers
section_headers: Funding
19 funding arrangements (grant-funded providers)
section_content: As we will use data from the 2019/20 academic year to calculate 16 to 19
allocations for 2021/22, the ESFA may need to apply a different approach to a
number of elements within 16 to 19 funding. Where appropriate we will
therefore use alternative data sources to calculate allocations for 2021/22 to
ensure as far as possible that there is not a disproportionate impact on
funding.
*[ESFA]: Education Skills Funding Agency

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This details one change to the early years funding for 2021/22.
This gives some information about how funding is going to change, but does not focus on early childhood care.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Could be Improved

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: Early Years Foundation Stage
Does the Early Years Foundation Stage still apply?
section_content: The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory
framework sets the standards that schools and childcare settings
must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5
years old.
We have amended legislation to allow for the temporary disapplying and
modifying of a number of requirements within the EYFS, giving settings
flexibility to respond to changes in workforce availability and potential
fluctuations in demand while ensuring children are kept safe. These temporary
changes came into force on 24 April 2020.
Full details of the amendments can be found in the guidance on early years
foundation stage statutory framework
(EYFS), which also includes details about how the temporary
arrangements will be brought to an end. Settings and local authorities should
fully familiarise themselves with these changes to ensure they understand the
flexibilities available to them and are meeting the modified requirements,
especially in relation to paediatric first aid, during the coronavirus
outbreak.
*[EYFS]: early years foundation stage

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This is about early childhood facility requirements, but does not address funding.
This is more about a statutory framework for early years foundation stage, not funding.

Reviewer ratings:
Bad
Bad

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: Childminders
Will early years entitlement funding continue for childminders?
section_content: To align with the government’s position on nannies, we are updating our
guidance for early years settings to confirm that paid childcare can be
provided to the children of one household from Wednesday 13 May 2020. This
includes childminders, who may choose to look after the children of one
household, if they are not already looking after vulnerable children or those
of critical workers. From 1 June 2020, childminders can look after children of
all ages, in line with their current Ofsted registration, and within usual
limits on the number of children they can care for
On 17 March 2020, the Chancellor confirmed the government would continue to
pay local authorities for free early years entitlement places for 2-, 3- and
4-year-olds,
We have published guidance on the use of free early education entitlements
funding setting out
how local authorities can use their free entitlement funding differently,
redistributing it – in exceptional cases and in a clearly focussed and
targeted way – in order to secure childcare for the children of critical
workers, and for vulnerable children, where their usual arrangements are no
longer possible.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answers the question in a detailed manner and links to an announcement about the funding (the link does not work, though).
This gives some information about the changes to early childhood care funding, but focuses on childminders.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Could be Improved