Nursery World - Northamptonshire slashes early years funding

Northamptonshire county council has gone ahead with its proposed cuts to funding supplements paid to providers.

Following a vote of the Schools Forum on Friday, the council announced it would be removing the SEN supplement paid to early years providers and reducing the notional SEN supplement by 12p, meaning settings will receive just 2p an hour. It is also making changes to the formula for the quality supplement – Ofsted outstanding will no longer be a factor.

On top of this, there will also be a 30 per cent reduction to the council’s early years central budget costs – as voted for by providers on the Schools Forum.

All the changes were effective from yesterday (1 April).

Sam Evans, owner of Little Learners Childcare, a group of two settings, said the move by the council to cut and reduce supplements will see her lose £4,000 a month.

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