Early Years SEN Funding

The SEN Inclusion Fund is administered by the Early Years Inclusion Service; to streamline SEN Inclusion Funding arrangements so that they directly support future appropriate requests for an Education Health and Care Plan, within an Assess, Plan, Do, Review process.

SEN Inclusion Fund - The Early Years Entitlement: local authority funding of providers Operational guide provides a guide for local authorities to the rules relating to how to use the Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund.

Disability Access Fund (DAF) - Is designed to support children with disabilities or special educational needs.  The DAF aids access to early years places by supporting providers in making reasonable adjustments to their settings and helping with building capacity (be that for the child in question or for the benefit of children as a whole attending the setting).

Select one of the tabs below to find information about the support, advice and guidance which is available.