Over 200 more places than anticipated were taken up by parents in the city-wide pilot of the 30 hours in York, according to an evaluation report.
York was the only local authority area in the pilot scheme that offered 30 hours places to all eligible children.
The DfE agreed to fund all York children eligible for the extended hours. It estimated that 1,480 children would be eligible and gave York a target to engage at least 70 per cent of these.
The council far exceeded this target and had delivered 1,678 places by the spring term, the ‘Evaluation of Early Implementation of 30 Hours Free Childcare in York’ report found.
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