Out of all the three-year-olds in our nursery, only two children qualify for the grant because they live in the parts of the county considered by Northampton County Council to be areas of greatest need. But we can't see how the council can define these areas, when each individual circumstance is different.
Most of the children who attend our day nursery live in postcodes that are not on the council's list, yet their personal circumstances mean they may be in greater need than those who do qualify for the nursery grant. So how do councils actually define these areas? Surely the only fair way of deciding who gets the grant should be by a 'means test' and not a postcode lottery.
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