
It has been developed to help childcare providers respond to the Department for Education's call for evidence on how much it costs to deliver a place.
In February, the DfE launched a costs template for providers to fill in to help it understand how their costs are made up. However, the sector has criticised the template for being too broad and 'not fit for purpose'.
The DfE has now confirmed to the Alliance that providers can submit documents from its calculator instead. Documents should be e-mailed to earlyyearsfunding@education.gov.uk.
The calculator consists of two parts. One is a Word document which supports providers to identify and quantify all business costs and to calculate the total number of hours delivered at their setting. There is also an Excel spreadsheet where providers can enter this data, which will automatically calculate an estimated hourly cost of delivery for each age group.
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