Getting paid for childcare places you provide

You can use the Provider Portal to claim for the childcare provided by your daycare setting, or as a childminder. Full details on how to do this are included in the portal.

You will need to make sure all information about the children attending your setting is already entered on to the portal and that you have correct funding codes etc before you can submit funding claims for places you have provided.

The Funding Timetable below provides key dates for submitting claims for the childcare places you provide and other information we need, such as headcount and census data.

Using the Provider Portal

Use the link below to log in to the portal.  You’ll need to use your user name and not an email address. If you’ve forgotten your user name or password please email us.

Help to use the Provider Portal

You can download our user guide to help you use the portal. If you need further help with using the portal please contact us.

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In the portal you can also:

• Add in new children for your setting
• Change basic details about yourself or your setting as a childcare provider
• Send us headcount information
• Check childcare eligibility codes
• Complete your annual information update
• Check eligibility for Early Years Pupil Premium funding

Updating your provider information (sufficiency information)

We are required to provide enough childcare for working parents or parents who are studying or training for employment, for children aged 0-14 or up to 18 for disabled children.

We’ll ask you to update your details and vacancy information on the provider portal, or via a survey, to make sure we have a sufficient range of childcare available in Walsall. You’ll need to update the information about the places you offer and how many are available in your setting once per term. We refer to this in our portal as ‘sufficiency information’. This information is also used to generate lists for parents or carers so they can stay informed about childcare places available. 

Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2024

You can download the current Childcare Sufficiency Assessment below.

The file below may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. If you use assistive technology and need a version of a document in a more accessible format, please email the Families Information Service team. We can provide you with an accessible version, or arrange to talk to you to explain the contents.