The council is proposing to audit settings at random to make sure that nurseries seeking free entitlement funding meet the criteria of the Code and do not include top-up funding.
Settings are required to complete a self-evaluation form to claim supplements under the EYSFF. The funding is linked to staff qualifications, flexibility in the offer of free entitlement, the setting's Ofsted rating and whether it is in an area of deprivation.
At the audit, settings will need to show documentary evidence to support their self-assessment returns to show that they are meeting the flexibility criteria for providing the 15 hours and offering parents enough choice on the times of day children can start and finish at nursery.
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