Free childcare entitlement 'not levelling the playing field' for disadvantaged children
Katy Morton
Friday, March 13, 2020
The public spending watchdog has warned that the development gap for disadvantaged children is at risk of increasing due low take-up of funded places in deprived areas and poorer quality provision.
![The Department for Education (DfE) falls short of its target for the take-up of funded two-year-old places](/media/203899/toddlers-playing-in-sandpit.jpeg?&width=780&quality=60)
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