Nursery World - Nursery Management: 30 Hours

The conditions governing delivery of the 30 hours are being set out in local agreements up and down the country, and there is significant variation, finds Charlotte Goddard

Forget relaxing on the beach with the latest bestseller – holiday reading for many early years managers has been a weighty tome issued by their local authority. Every council has been asked to produce a local agreement, setting out the terms under which providers will be funded to deliver the 30 hours childcare and early education entitlement, which launches nationally this month.

Many local authorities have asked settings to read through and sign the document within a week of receiving it – sometimes even more quickly. This has not gone down well, especially for those settings which close over the summer, or whose managers were on holiday at the crucial period.

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