Early Education Funding – Entitlements available from September 2025 – added 16/06/2025

Provider Portal Headcount Guidance – Overview of Changes from September 2025 – added 26/08/2025

Provider Portal Headcount Guidance – revised 29/07/2024

Provider Portal Headcount Quick Guide – revised May 2026

Provider Portal Headcount FAQs – revised May 2026

How To Read A Headcount Task – revised May 2026

Headcount Task – entitlement weeks guidance – added 15/01/2025

Who To Include On A Headcount Task – added 30/01/2024

Overclaim & Minus Balance Information – revised 17/05/2024

Provider Portal Disability Access Fund (DAF) Claim Guidance

Provider Portal Demonstration

Please see the below recording of the Provider Portal demonstration that was held on 04/09/2025. You can watch this at any time to help you with your headcount.

Provider Portal – reminder for users

Registered portal users:

• must not share their login details. To do so is classed as a data breach.
• Absence– if your registered portal user has left your provision or will be absent during the task period, you must let us know as soon as possible. Please email: [email protected]. Failure to let us know will affect our ability to process your claim.
• A £100 administration charge will be applied where a data breach is identified.