Purpose

The purpose of the grant is to provide support
to local authorities in England towards expenditure lawfully
incurred or to be incurred by them, to effectively roll out the new
expanded Early Years entitlements offer, and the obligations set
out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the Secretary of
State for Education and City of Doncaster Council.
The Secretary of State for Education has determined that Doncaster
has been allocated £69,449.12 for FY23-24.
In line with the conditions of the funding, an Early Years
Sufficiency Manager post will be created alongside funding
additional business support functionality to support the expansion
of the Early Years (EY) entitlement.
As a section 31 non-ringfenced grant, Department of Education will
not claw back unspent funds from FY23-24, allowing funding for
posts to be carried forward into FY24-25 to fulfil the obligations
of the Early Years (EY) entitlement.

Content

To accept the Department of Education Local
Authority (LA) Delivery Support Fund of £69,449.
To create the Early Years Sufficiency Manager Post (job evaluation
on-going).

Alternative options considered

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND
REJECTED
Not accepting the Fund will hinder the effective roll out the new
expanded Early Years entitlements offer, therefore rejected.