An owner of a medium-sized nursery group, which provides childcare in nurseries and children's centres in deprived areas, has now come forward to tell of his experience, saying that he is set to lose £24,000 in funding for missed hours after a council audit.
The owner says he wants to stay anonymous because his business relies on free nursery education funding.
We highlighted cases such as Darnell Community Nursery in Sheffield, which was audited in September for the summer term and billed £2,082 for unused funded hours, which was deducted from the next term's funding.
Sheffield City Council confirmed that following audits, £4,154 had been reclaimed from 15 nurseries and said that 'in the majority of cases the funding in question should not have been claimed'.
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