Early Years funding claims

Easy as 1,2,3

Let our smart automation handle the paperwork, while you care for your children.

Our software streamlines the funding application process, leaving you time to focus on the children.

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Platform Features

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Easy for Parents

  • 90% of the form populated from your nursery’s management software.
  • Take pictures of documents and sign electronically, making it a seamless and paperless experience.
  • An intuitive step-by-step questionnaire guides parents through the process. 
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Efficient for Nurseries

  • With inbuilt knowledge of term times, all calculations are done for you as per the child’s attendance schedule. Includes children attending multiple nurseries.
  • Stay updated on parent progress with our real-time dashboard with one click reminder.
  • Easily review and verify uploaded documents to streamline your tasks.
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Automated
Council Submission

  • Watch as all the children’s and parents’ details are automatically typed into the council website for you.
  • Supports most council systems for efficient automated processing.
  • Bulk check working parent codes at speed.

Who's it for?

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For Parents

Seamless Form Completetion

Experience a guided, hassle-free process for managing your child’s funding forms.

Receive a simple email invitation to access the system.

Complete forms step by step on desktop or mobile.

Take and upload pictures of birth certificates and other documents.

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For Nurseries

Effortless Administration

Streamline your funding process and reduce admin workload with ease.

Automate data entry into council portals, eliminating manual work.

Send reminders for outstanding forms with just one click.

Instantly track form statuses on a clear, intuitive dashboard.

Funding in
5 simple steps

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Automated Data Entry

Upload data from the nursery management system, to automatically pre-populate forms

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Send Forms

With a single click you can send out electronic forms to all parents for completion.

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Form Completion

Parents receive an email invitation to log in and complete required forms step by step, supporting multiple children and locations.

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Monitor & Review

Nursery staff can easily track form status, review submissions, and send reminders with a single click.

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Submit to Council

Use our browser plug-in to automatically transfer claim details to the council funding portal, eliminating manual typing.

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Integration with
your Nursery System

We import data directly from your nursery management system, to ensure your information is always correct and up to date. We support a number of systems already, with more to be added in the future.

Current supported systems are:
Nursery in a Box
eyworks
Famly
Connect Childcare
Blossom
Octopus 365
Instant Nursery Manager
Redfish
Childsplay Manager
iPal
Parenta
None of the above?
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Where we are

Local Authorities

Please Note: Funding Loop is not officially endorsed by, affiliated or in partnership with any Local Authorities.

Funding Loop is currently available in the following regions, if your region is not shown then please contact us so that we can add it to the system

What the nurseries say

How it works

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Simple, transparent pricing

With Funding Loop you simply pay for what you use, per child, per term.

One Simple Price

£2.50

per child (plus VAT) / per term

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No Monthly Subscription

No Setup Fees

No Exit Fees

Unlimited Users

No Locked In Contracts

First Term Guarantee

First Term Guarantee.

We are so confident that you'll like the system, you can try it for a whole term and if you decide not to continue using Funding Loop then it will be completely free.

If you don't want to continue, you can simply print off all forms, and go back to paper.

Our Awards
and Nominations

NMT Nursery Awards Finalist 2019
YCB Day Nursery Owners Awards Winners 2023
NMT Nursery Awards Finalist 2023

Partners

Funding Loop is a fantastic software platform to assist you with the funding claim process.

If you require assistance in how best to deliver the funding to ensure compliance, please see what our partners have to offer below

Financial Side Of Funding

Funding GapMBK Group

If you need some additional support in implementing a more sustainable model for your funded hours then MBK offer a Funding & Finance Support Programme that guarantees to minimise any losses you are making on your funded hours. They will work with you to put in place a legally compliant funding delivery model that will ensure profits are maximised

https://www.mbkgroup.co.uk/funding-support