Enter the funded hours you deliver for each age group, your council's rates and your own cost per hour to see the gap over the funded year.
Funded hours are delivered over no fewer than 38 weeks.
Illustrative figures on 2026/27 rates and simplified assumptions. This is information and not advice. Ask us to run it on your own figures as part of a free review.
| Figure | 2026/27 | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Under-2s, national average | £12.04 an hour | DfE early years funding 2026/27 |
| 2-year-olds, national average | £8.90 an hour | DfE early years funding 2026/27 |
| 3 and 4-year-olds, national average | £6.61 an hour | DfE early years funding 2026/27 |
| Minimum pass-through to providers | 97% | DfE operational guide 2026/27 |
Your council sets the rate it pays you. Replace each national average with the rate on your council's funding letter.
Send us your last accounts and a payroll report and we will work through the same calculation with you in a free review.