From 21 August, the start of the new school year, 18 private partnership nurseries in East Lothian will see the number of funded pre-school education places capped. For some East Lothian settings, this will mean losing an average of ten funded places each.
A similar move is being considered by other Scottish councils.
In Scotland, private and voluntary early years settings are contracted by their local authority to deliver the free pre-school hours for threeand four-year-olds. These partnership pre-school providers are allocated a number of funded places for each school year.
From the end of this month, funded hours for threeand four-year-olds will increase from 475 to 600 hours. Fifteen per cent of twos will also become eligible for this entitlement.
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