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EYFS: funding entitlements for 2026-27

Get to grips with the funding you'll receive for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), including the new entitlements for children aged between 9 months and 2 years. Understand the difference between universal and additional entitlements when it comes to the early years national funding formula (EYNFF).

Last reviewed on 24 April 2026See updates
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Contents
  1. What's the early years national funding formula (EYNFF)? 
  2. How your funding is allocated
  3. SEN inclusion fund (SENIF) 
  4. Maintained nursery school supplementary funding
  5. Disability access fund (DAF) 
  6. The early years pupil premium (EYPP)

This article is based on the Department for Education (DfE)'s operational guide for local authority (LA) funding of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) providers for the 2026-27 financial year.

What's the early years national funding formula (EYNFF)? 

The EYNFF sets the hourly funding rates that each LA is paid to deliver the universal and additional entitlements for children aged between 9 months and 4 years.

The early years entitlements for 2026-27 are:

  • 30 hours for eligible working parents of children from 9 months to 2 years old
  • 30 hours for eligible working parents of 2-year-old children
  • 15 hours for families of 2-year-olds receiving additional support (formerly known as the 2-year-old disadvantaged entitlement)
  • 15 hours for all 3 and 4 year-olds
  • 15 hours for eligible working parents of 3 and 4 year-olds

Find these funding rates in section 1.1 of the early years entitlements operational guide.

Using the funding it receives through the EYNFF,