The entitlement is to be extended to 15 hours and offered more flexibly over 38 weeks from September 2010 (News, 7 May and 14 May). The consultation reinforces a commitment to delivering it through a mixed economy of private, voluntary, independent and maintained provision, but does not include specific questions about levels of funding.
However, it highlights new requirements for 'transparent and equitable' funding, with the intention that all local authorities will by April 2010 implement a Single Funding Formula, to apply across all PVI settings and schools.
Proposals include:
- setting national parameters for how to access the 15 hours over a minimum of three days for a minimum of 38 weeks; sessions should be a minimum of two hours and a maximum of ten hours per day
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