Nursery World has learned that childminders in several local authorities around the country are having additional requirements placed on them and are being made to 'jump through hoops' to access funding.
Although it is not yet law, the Government has said that it intends to make it a legal requirement that local authorities must pass on the funding for free early education places.
New DfE 'statutory guidance', which came into force on 1 September, states that local authorities 'should' offer funding to all providers rated good and outstanding.
Providers that are rated satisfactory can also access funding for threeand four-year-olds, and in some cases for two-year-olds, when there is a shortage of places.
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