The findings, from a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) with ITV News, also suggest that around one in six nurseries will not offer the extended entitlement at all because of inadequate hourly funding rates.
Although the vast majority of nurseries in the survey said that they will be offering the 30 hours (85 per cent) when it starts next month, most also said that they will be charging parents for extras or limiting places.
Many providers said that they could only offer the 30 hours as a ‘stretched’ entitlement throughout the year (51 weeks), at 20 hours a week.
More than half of the nurseries that responded (54 per cent) said that they would be restricting the number of places on offer, with some offering them to just one or two children.
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