The cross-party organisation that represents London's councils has called for an ‘area cost adjustment’ to reflect the higher costs in the capital.
The Early Years Pupil Premium will be worth a flat rate of £300 a year for eligible children from low-income families when it is brought in next year.
While supporting the move in principle, London Councils is concerned that London’s 36,478 most disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds, who represent 21 per cent of children in the country eligible for the premium, could stand to lose out as a result of the plan.
According to the Family and Childcare Trust’s 2014 childcare costs survey, early years provision in the capital costs 28 per cent more than the British average, with London parents paying an average of £1,570 extra per year.
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