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Email the Early Years Finance team earlyyearsfinance@norfolk.gov.uk or call 01603 222300 option 2

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SPRING 2026
CLAIM PERIOD
1 January to 31 March

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Deadline Submission Dates

Early Education Funding

  • Estimates - 12 December 2025 
  • Actuals - 16 January 2026

SEN Funding

  • Initial Application - 16 January 2026
  • Additional Application - 13 March 2026

Disability Access Fund

  • There is no deadline

Working Parent Entitlement

Families must have a valid HMRC code in place BEFORE the start of the claim period (1 January)

Please remember to regularly remind families to reconfirm their details with HMRC including those on your wait list.

[IMPORTANT] Families may be eligible, but MUST have a valid code to claim the entitlement.

NEO for families

Support your families to create a NEO account to complete eligibility checks for children aged 2 and in receipt of additional support (FRAS)

NEO for families