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For local authorities, effectively managing Early Years Funding is essential to ensure compliance, improve outcomes, and make the most of available resources. The Synergy platform from The Access Group is purpose-built for local authorities, offering integrated modules designed to streamline these processes, helping teams manage funding allocations, track attendance, and monitor the impact of early education programs, whilst delivering real-time insights across early years services.
Supporting Free Entitlement Hours
Local authorities are responsible for administering free entitlement hours for eligible children. While the structure and eligibility criteria vary between England, Scotland, and Wales, Synergy supports local authorities in managing their respective schemes with flexibility and accuracy. Synergy simplifies this by providing a centralised system for recording attendance, tracking eligibility, and reconciling funding claims. This reduces administrative burden and ensures accurate reporting to the Department for Education.
Interoperability with Provider Systems
This means attendance records, eligibility changes, and funding information flow between settings and the local authority without manual intervention, reducing errors and ensuring real-time visibility of entitlement uptake across your area.
Inclusive Support for SEND Children
Inclusion is a key priority in early years education. Synergy’s modules allow practitioners to record and monitor SEND provision, ensuring children receive tailored support that meets their individual needs. Detailed reporting helps authorities demonstrate compliance with statutory requirements while highlighting the impact of interventions.
Expansion and Program Management
As demand for early education grows, many local authorities are expanding provision. Synergy supports this by managing multiple settings, streamlining workflows for staff and parents, and providing visibility across programs. This enables authorities to make data-driven decisions about resource allocation, capacity planning, and service development.
Why Synergy Matters
By integrating all aspects of early years funding and service management, Synergy helps local authorities:
- Track funding and eligibility efficiently, in line with local funding formula requirements.
- Ensure compliance with national and local regulations across England, Scotland, and Wales.
- Support inclusion for children with SEND.
- Manage expansion programs effectively.
- Improve transparency and reporting for stakeholders.
With Synergy, local authorities can focus on delivering high-quality early education and childcare, while reducing administrative burden and maximising the impact of government funding.
Synergy is trusted by local authorities across the UK, helping them deliver better outcomes for children and families through smarter, joined-up systems tailored to each nation’s funding model.
Ready to streamline your early years funding management and reduce administrative burden?
Request a demo to see how Synergy helps local authorities across the UK maximise funding impact, ensure compliance, and deliver better outcomes for children and families.
