Important: Check the Funding Analysis Report for your selected return dates first.
Each service is required to electronically file RS7 at the end of every term. RS7 submission dates will be announced & activated between the set period provided by the MOE. Your centre will only receive funding once the RS7 return is filed.
Start by accessing the Submit RS7 Return page from the MOE module. The wizard will navigate you through each page as you progress through your submission.
Simply click Begin:
Payment cycle screen, keep the date selection as it is and click Next:
Step 1 – Checking temporary closures:
If you have checked this through RS7 Pre-requisite wizard already then simply click NEXT.
If you are here for the first time then check that correct closures have been added into the system. Please update them as required.
Step 2 – Attendance check:
This screen allows you to check the attendance marked for each day within the entire pay period. Click the ! (exclamation mark) to check the warning message as it will inform you if some or all of the attendance hasn’t been marked for that day.
Step 3 – FCH check
The next step is the Funded Hours Check. This screen will allow you check if you are up to date with the FCH calculations or not.
- What does it mean when you see a Sync FCH button for a given day?
It means that the FCH is affected by one of the following conditions
- Attendance is not up to date.
- If the attendance has been entered correctly then the system has not sync’ed those yet.
- Change of booking schedule and it hasn’t been sync’ed by the system yet.
- Change of enrolment and it hasn’t been sync’ed by the system yet.
- Simply click on Sync FCH button and the FCH calculations will be recalculated and synced.
Step 4 – SHC/Contact Hours recording (for Centre-based centres only):
Please make sure that the contact hours are recorded for qualified and non-qualified educators for the funding period. Please go through the list of the days identified when contact hours are not recorded and update the contact hours into the system as appropriate.
Click Continue once you have ensured that correct contact hours have been added.
Step 5 – Daily Data Page:
- This screen gives you an in-depth overview of the Under 2s, Over2s, 20 Hours ECE, Plus 10 claimed hours.
- The Staff Hours column (Centre based only) shows you the total number of contact hours for your Registered and Non-registered staff.
- The dates on this view are linked to the Daily FCH view, which provides useful information on hour by hour FCH claiming for that day.
Click Continue to go to the Advance days page.
Step 6 – Advance Days page
Column Number of funded days your service will operate shows a number value based on the holidays and temporary closures marked. Please update these numbers if required.
Step 7 – Attestation of Certificated Teachers’ Salaries (for Centre-based only):
Select what salary scale described in the ECE Funding handbook your service is using.
Final step 8 – Declaration & Submission for RS7 Return
Enter the relevant contact information for your return and click Submit.
Once submitted, you can view/print this return from RS7 Return History on your Reports page.