Grounds for appeal reviewed. 5. Appeal panel decision recorded. Provider is offered support package dependant on need. Continue working with SCC on action plan. Provider informed of panel decision within two working days. Letter follows within 10 working days. Provider advised of right to appeal within 10 working days in writing to the Director of Commissioning. Provider given opportunity to submit relevant information and state the grounds for appeal. Process for appeal following withdrawal of funded early education Provider informed of panel outcome Provider informed of funding withdrawal date. Provider informs parents of funded children of date when funding will be withdrawn. Funded Early Education Team, Family Information team informed of decision to ensure parents are supported and no further payments are made beyond agreed date. Provider is offered support from the SCC Commissioning team. Summary of decision and minutes of original panel and appeals panel reviewed. Provider informed of appeal panel decision by letter within five working days. Appeals procedure for withdrawal of funded early education from inadequate settings It is a legal requirement under Section A3.13 of the “Early Education and Childcare Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities” that local authorities should: “Secure alternative provision and withdraw funding from a provider (other than a local authority maintained school), as soon as is practicable, when Ofsted publish an inspection judgement of the provider of ‘inadequate’ or an inspection judgement of a childminder agency of ‘not effective’. It is for local authorities to determine an appropriate timeframe for withdrawing funding. When withdrawing funding local authorities should take into account the continuity of care for children who are already receiving their funded hours at a provider or with an agency registered childminder and Ofsted monitoring information about the provider or agency.’’ Whilst the statutory duty on local authorities to withdraw funding from provision that is judged to be inadequate is clear and cannot be changed, the local authority does have discretion in relation to the timing of when funding will be withdrawn, taking into consideration continuity of care for children who are already receiving funded hours at the setting. This document sets out the grounds on which a provider may appeal the decision, related to the time frame for withdrawal of funding, taken by Surrey County Council’s Withdrawal of Funding Panel and the procedur...
