Providers toolkit

Policy and legislation

Below you will find information on relevant policy and legislation that gives some basic guidance on delivering the Early Years Entitlement Funding in Stockport.

• Early Years (under 5’s) foundation stage framework (EYFS)
  The standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children under 5.

• Early education and childcare
  Statutory guidance for local authorities on the provision of early education and childcare.

• Early Years workforce strategy
  The Government’s plans to help employers attract, retain and develop early years staff.

• Early Years entitlements: operational guidance
  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.

• Free early years provision and childcare: model agreement
  Information local authorities should include in their agreements with early years providers.

• Out of School Clubs information sheet (PDF 107Kb)
  Provides information if you are considering setting up or running an Out of School club.