Nursery World - Council will guide others on implementing Early Years Single Funding Formula

The Department for Education has asked the London Borough of Brent to help other local authorities develop and implement the Early Years Single Funding Formula in their areas.

Around a third of local authorities were able to start using the EYSFF a year early.

Brent council implemented the EYSFF in April and will now share its experience with other local authorities in advance of the April 2011 deadline.

Denise Burke, the council's interim head of integrated and extended services, said that communication with providers had been key to the council's success in designing a workable model.

She said the Schools Forum included an EYSFF sub-group that included representatives from the PVI and maintained sectors.

'Brent worked very closely with the PVI and maintained sectors and carried everyone along on the journey. We didn't just drop this on providers, but worked with them. Now we've got the model we can tweak things a little, but for the most part it's been accepted.'

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