COULDN’T MAKE IT UP? Outrage that the DfE has included private school fees in its ‘record’ levels of state school spending has led the sector to question the ‘£6bn-a-year by 2020’ it regularly quotes in relation to early years. Sources say that unlike the OECD figures quoted on schools, the £6bn has always been quoted as Government spend and is unlikely to contain parents’ average fees.
CHEEKY TIPPLE A reception was held at the House of Commons on 11 September to mark the first year of the 30 hours programme. Childcare minister Nadhim Zahawi did find time to attend – unlike at a recent event on problems with the policy. A DfE spokesman blamed diary clashes for the latter.
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