The Comprehensive Spending Review has been announced, but the wait is not over as some of the detail about the plans and cuts have yet to emerge.
It is, of course, good news for families that the free entitlement for threeand four-year-olds is to continue, and it's great that all disadvantaged two-year-olds will have this support. However, the CSR has not answered a fundamental issue, in that funding for free places continues to threaten sustainability and the sector's ability to provide these places. NDNA is continuing to highlight how solving this issue is critical, so that a 'free' entitlement is free to the provider as well as the parent, and also to ensure that nurseries can continue to be able to offer the free sessions sustainably for parents in work or training.
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