Funding

From autumn 2022, organisations eligible to access scholarships will include:

• independent special schools.
• virtual schools (Local Authority run organisations that support the
  education of children in care).
• hospital schools not already included in other categories of eligible organisations.
• young offender institutions.

Applicants from these organisations who feel they should be eligible for funding should contact continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk for more information.

In addition, Early Years practitioners and leaders working in the following
settings in England will be eligible for scholarship funding from the DfE for the NPQEYL only:

• childcare providers registered on the Ofsted Early Years Register,
  providing childcare on non-domestic premises.
• childcare providers registered on the Ofsted Early Years Register,
  providing childcare on domestic premises.
• childminders registered on the Ofsted Early Years Register.
• childminders registered with an Ofsted-registered childminder agency,
  caring for early years children.