If you would like to offer parents Funded Early Education for Two year olds (FEET), Funded Early Education for 3 and 4 year olds (FEE) or Working Parent Entitlement (WPE) in Surrey, you must be registered with Ofsted. You then need to register with our Funded Early Education Team to join the Surrey County Council Directory of Providers.
We recommend you read the Provider Agreement Early Years Provider Agreement from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025 - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk) , before applying to register to make sure you understand the terms and conditions we require you to meet. You can also find out if you qualify to offer places in the Quality section of the Provider Agreement.
Click on the links below to find out how to register with our Funded Early Education Team.
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- What is the Surrey County Council Directory of Providers?
- I want to register to offer FEET, Funded Early Education for 3 and 4 year olds and Working Parent Entitlement
- I need to create an Establishment Portal Account to submit my claims for funding
- I want to add or remove users from my Establishment Portal Account
- I need to re-register to offer funded early education
- I am buying a setting that's already registered to offer funded early education
- Contact the team
What is the Surrey County Council Directory of Providers?
The Surrey County Council Directory of Providers is an unpublished list that we are required by government to keep as a record of providers in our local authority that are registered to provide funded early education entitlement.
I want to register to offer FEET, Funded Early Education for 3 and 4 year olds and Working Parent Entitlement
If you want to register for the first time to offer FEET, Funded Early Education for 3 and 4 year olds and/or Working Parent Entitlement please complete the online registration form Funded Early Education - Enquiry - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk)
The online registration form includes:
- Registration for providing funded early education entitlement
- Bacs details form
- Establishment Portal - access request
- A copy of your Ofsted registration certificate.
- A copy of your Quality Assurance report (Agency Childminders)
You are also required to print the Privacy Notice to tell parents how you share their information, you should personalise this as appropriate for your setting; you are also required to read theProvider Partnership Policy. You don't need to send us copies of these.
We will email you once your registration is complete and we will tell you your Department for Education Unique Reference Number (DfE URN). We'll also email you details of how to complete the process to log in to our online Establishment Portal.
If you would like to add a new funded entitlement to your funded offer you will need to complete a new registration form here Funded Early Education - Enquiry - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk).
You will need to agree to the terms and conditions of the Provider Agreement in the portal each funded period before you submit a headcount for payment of the funded hours.
I need to create an Establishment Portal Account to submit my claims for funding
To set up access to the Establishment Portal for your setting you must complete the online registration form here Funded Early Education - Enquiry - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk)
I want to add or remove users from my Establishment Portal Account
To add or remove users from your Establishment Portal Account you can complete the online form here Funded Early Education - Enquiry - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk).
I need to re-register to offer funded early education
If you re-register with Ofsted you also need to re-register with us so you can continue to provide funded early education in Surrey. There are lots of reasons why you may need to re-register with Ofsted, for example a change of business status, operating address or business name. Ofsted will give you a new Ofsted Unique Registration Number (URN) and we will give you your new DfE URN.
To re-register you need to fill in an online registration form for providing funded early education entitlement Funded Early Education - Enquiry - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk). If your banking details are changing you will also need to fill in a Bacs details form.
If there is a change of ownership, the new owner will need to fill in an online registration form Funded Early Education - Enquiry - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk) and it will be treated as a new registration (rather than re-registering).
I am buying a setting that's already registered to offer funded early education
If you are buying a setting that is already registered to offer FEET, Funded Early Education for 3 and 4 year olds and/or Working Parent Entitlement in Surrey, you will need to fill in a online registration form Funded Early Education - Enquiry - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk). We will treat it as a new registration as there is a change of ownership.
Contact us
You can contact the Funded Early Education Team by:
- email: fundedearlyeducation@surreycc.gov.uk (please use Egress to securely email us confidential information)
- post: Funded Early Education Team, Surrey County Council, Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill, Reigate, RH2 8EF.
If you need advice about providing funded early education and business modelling then contact our Early Years Commissioning Team by emailing eycommissioningteam@surreycc.gov.uk
We recommend you sign up to our Childcare professionals update e-bulletin for information and updates about providing funded early education.
You can advertise your provision, any changes to your offer, and available places via our Childcare Finder website. Please complete the appropriate online form if you wish to give consent for your provider details to be shared.
Files available to download
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Provider Partnership Policy (MS Word)
A joint partnership policy on confidentiality and information sharing
