Nursery World - Lower staff:child ratios to bring down costs, says DfE

As Nursery World went to press, the early years sector was still digesting confirmation of the funding rates for the 30-hour childcare entitlement for working parents, released just 24 hours before, and poring over two hefty reports.

The findings of the Government’s funding review and a research report on the cost of delivering the early education entitlement were published on the same day as the Chancellor’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement. They contain an analysis of costs for providers of delivering the free entitlement and the rationale for the new funding rates when the 30 hours comes in.

The new rates, applicable from September 2017, are based on the findings of the Government’s review into the cost of delivering the early education entitlement.

The rates were given in Parliament during the second reading of the Childcare Bill, following the Spending Review announcements, which included changes to the eligibility criteria for the 30 hours of free childcare from 2017.

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