Where can I find the Public Funding Report?
The Public funding report allows you to compare the funding you give with the funding your receive. To find it:
Click on Finances in your sidebar
Then, click on Reports and find the Public funding report
What does the Public Funding Report Show?
The Public funding report is designed to give you a clear overview of the difference between the amount deducted from a bill payer's invoice (the invoice deduction) versus the funding you're expected to receive for the care provided (the council total).
You can see the difference for any period by clicking on Filter and choosing your date range.
💡 The total public funding figures for your settings are at the very bottom of the list of children.
You can also filter by details, such as:
The Age of the child
Whether funding has been set automatically with Assisted funding or Manual funding
The Invoicing profile linked to the child's plan
The name of the Funding grant
The number of Plan funding hours that child is eligible for that week
The total number of Funded hours for the period you've filtered for (the current month is the default)
On the right of the report, as well as being able to filter for a certain period, you can also decide whether you want to see children with or without funding, to compare.
What is the Difference Between the Council Total and the Invoice Deduction on the Public Funding Report?
The council total is based on the information you input into the system. This means it calculates the funding grant rate over specific periods, multiplied by the child's weekly entitled funded hours.
Council Funding Total (this is what the nursery can expect to receive)
This is the total amount the local authority pays to the nursery for funded hours (for example, 15 or 30 hours per week for eligible children)
The rate varies by location and council, typically ranging from £4 to £6 per hour per child
Councils may apply deductions (e.g., admin fees, SEN funding adjustments)
For some other children, their funding grants can actually be higher than the hourly session rate for the same period. This is reflected in the Public funding report, where the total council funding appears higher when comparing the deductions to the council total
Invoice Deduction (this is what will be taken off bill payers' invoices)
Nurseries may charge a different rate than the council-funded rate per hour
The invoice deduction is the total amount the parents save after funding has been applied
Setting up Funding
To show the rate you claim for children from your local authority, you need to add Funding grants to children's bookings. More on that in the articles below:
Or: