The deadline for the 2024/2025 Annual Early Years Sector Profile survey has been extended to allow more time for services to complete the survey. The survey will now close at 5pm on Tuesday, 3 June.

Thank you to all services who have already completed the survey. The Annual Early Years Sector Profile survey is an important source of information about the sector and enables the capture of data that will help to monitor the impact of Core Funding on the sector.

If you have not already completed the survey, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible and remind you that completion of this year’s survey before the deadline is mandatory for all Core Funding Partner Services. If you are contracted into Core Funding and you do not complete the Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2024/25 before the deadline on 27 May your Core Funding payments will be placed on hold until such a time as the process is completed.

Services who wish to become a Core Funding Partner Service for the 2025 programme year must also complete the 2024/25 Annual Early Years Sector Profile survey in advance of submitting their Core Funding application.