Sign up to offer early education funded places

If you would like to register to offer Early Education Funding (EEF) places within your childcare provision, please complete the 'New EEF Registration Form' which can be located within the forms section upon the Lancashire Provider Portal.

Once we have received your completed 'New EEF Registration Form' our team will carry out initial checks to ensure you are eligible to become an EEF provider. Once the setup is complete, an email will be sent to you to confirm you are now a registered EEF provider to offer funded places within your setting. This email will contain information with regards to submitting your funding claims. 

The Provider Portal can be accessed here. 

User guidance notes for the Provider Portal is available to download here.

 

Please note-

You will not be able to submit EEF claims for any children until you have received our confirmation email confirming you are a registered EEF provider.

Your provider portal log in details were sent to you alongside your 'Welcome to Lancashire Family Information Service' email when your Ofsted registration became active. If you need these resending, please contact fee234@lancashire.gov.uk stating your setting name, address including postcode and your Ofsted Unique Reference Number.

We are unable to process new EEF provider requests during our busiest periods when carrying out our termly headcount processes, therefore forms received within this time will not be processed until our headcount processes are complete.