The new hubs are being launched this month in Newham, Wandsworth & Merton, and Barnet, areas where the take-up of places for disadvantaged two-year-olds is lower than average.
London has a below-average take-up of funded places for two-year-olds – 58 per cent of eligible twos took up a place last year, compared with 71 per cent nationally.
Early Years Hubs involve schools, childminders, private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries, and the maintained sector, working together over three years with the aim of improving access to the free early years education entitlement for two-year-olds, and improving the quality of provision.
The aim is also for the hubs to boost the take-up of early years education and childcare support entitlements to enable more parents to look for work. Hubs may also provide childcare outside typical working hours and support children with special educational needs and disabilities, as well as promoting early years as a career.
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