The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which has 1,200 members who own day nurseries, carried out a survey to assess the impact of the Government's Code of Practice for nursery education for three- and four-year-olds.
A parallel survey carried out with local authorities also revealed that many are ignoring the Government's insistence that nurseries should not charge any top-up fees and that the 12.5 hours a week entitlement should be free at the point of delivery.
Colin Willman, FSB chairman of education and training, told Nursery World that he knew of some local authorities that were breaching the guidelines and advising nurseries on how to invoice parents to charge for additional services during the 12.5-hour entitlement.
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