Funding criteria, deadline dates and monitoring forms

Criteria includes:

• private, voluntary, independent and school providers
• must be based in Worcestershire
• offer early years provision
• are not currently judged as 'Inadequate' or 'Requires Improvement' by Ofsted
• the Early Years providers must provide places for children presenting additional needs and or disabilities aged from 0 to 5 years old

Please note:

If a child is in receipt of NEF Funding (2, 3 and 4-year-olds) and you are applying for GR2, GR3 and GR4 then the inclusion supplement should be applied for via the Provider Portal and payments will be included within the Actual NEF payments. 

Applications are required using the online inclusion funding application form for:

• 0 to 5 non-NEF – for children who are not yet accessing their NEF due to their age
• GR4 + Challenge – where a child is in receipt of GR4 but the provider wishes to request a ‘top up’ based on the child’s needs and one to one staffing requirements throughout the majority of the sessions.
• Exceptional Early Years Funding

Online applications must be made via online forms, information about monitoring forms can be found further down this page. 

For information on the application process, see:

• Funding application process

Download: Local Inclusion Fund Criteria (PDF)

In order to process funding requests, we must receive funding applications by the specified deadline dates. 

Download: Local Inclusion Funding deadline dates (PDF)

Please note:

• a termly monitoring form must be completed for all funding applications; this requirement is mandatory with no exceptions
• the purpose of the monitoring form is to track the impact of the funding on the child’s progress
• funding will be withheld if the monitoring form is not submitted
• monitoring forms assess the effect of the funding during the same term in which they are completed
• submitting a monitoring form without an accompanying application form will result in non-payment

Monitoring Form submission dates

The monitoring forms must be completed within the following dates each term:

• Spring Term: 1 to 15 February
• Summer Term: 1 to 15 June
• Autumn Term: 1 to 15 November

Forms will only be available for completion during these periods. They cannot be submitted before or after the stated dates.

Early Years Inclusion Team Monitoring Form

If you miss the deadline, please contact: eyinclusion@worcestershire.gov.uk