While the day of the state funeral on 19 September has been declared a bank holiday, Department for Education guidance for education and childcare settings issued yesterday states that it is up to early years settings to decide whether to stay open or close on the day.
This had led to concerns on social media about what this would mean regarding funding that early years settings receive from local authorities for funded places.
The Department for Education has now confirmed that early years providers that close on the day of the Queen's funeral should still receive early entitlement funding from their local authority.
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