To Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership lead officers, and local authority funding contacts.

This bulletin provide a status update of the Early Years Census after one week of the collection period and further guidance regarding Total Funded Spring Hours for providers who spread the free entitlement over more than 38 weeks.

For ease of reference the contents of this bulletin are as follows:

  1. Purpose
  2. Status update
  3. Total Funded Spring Hours 
  4. Expected list amendments
  5. Support

If you have any queries about any of the points covered in this note, COLLECT or Early Years Census in general, please contact the DSD helpdesk. 

Contact details

Data and Statistics Division (DSD) Helpdesk
1st Floor Mowden Hall
Staindrop Road
Darlington
DL3 9BG
Telephone: 01325 392626
Email: dsd.helpdesk@education.gsi.gov.uk
Website: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/schooladmin/ims/datacollections/requestform