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Early Learning, Childcare and Brokerage Services

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The Council seeks providers of funded early learning and childcare for eligible pre-school children, under its statutory duties set out in the Standards in Scotland's Schools Act 2000 and the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, including the 1140-hour entitlement effective from August 2021. Under the Funding Follows the Child approach, parents and carers choose their provider. Providers meeting the required standard, legislation and Council procedural requirements, and accepting the Council's rates and contract terms, will join the Flexible Framework to deliver funded Early Learning and Childcare placements from August 2027 and Brokerage placements from Q3 2027. This is the September 2026 re-opening of the framework; existing framework providers need not re-apply.

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The Council has a statutory duty to make pre-school education available for eligible children under the Standards in Scotland’s Schools Act 2000. The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and Statutory Guidance set out the increased entitlement to 1140 hours for eligible children which became a statutory duty from August 2021. The Funding Follows the Child approach places choice in parents’ and carers’ hands enabling them to access their child’s funded entitlement with a provider that best suits their needs. All providers who apply and meet the expected standard, legislation and the Council's procedural requirements as set out in the Invitation to Tender and accept the rates and contract terms set out by the Council shall be accepted to deliver funded provision through the Flexible Framework enabling them to register children in 2027 to commence Brokerage placements from Q3 2027 and funded Early Learning and Childcare placements from August 2027. This is the September 2026 re-opening of the framework. If you have already been awarded a place on this framework, you do not need to re-apply.

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