Nursery World - How one LA is delivering funded places for twos

Now that 40 per cent of two-year-olds are eligible for funded
places, we look at how one local authority is delivering and supporting
the programme.

Take-up in Staffordshire of funded places for twos is one of the highest in the country, with 84 per cent of eligible families now registered.

The number of two-year-olds in the county who are eligible for a funded place from 1 September is 3,230, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.

A contributory factor to the take-up, according to the council, is that Staffordshire is one of only 14 local authorities that has developed an online self-checking tool for parents to make applications easier.

The online service allows parents to fill in information about the benefits they receive according to the eligibility criteria. The tool then links this data up with the national Eligibility Checking Service.

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