reported problems with sources of funding and concerns about future
financial sustainability, Government research has found.
The report, commissioned by the DfE, presents initial findings from a survey of 49 schools currently trialling provision for twos. The research by the National Children's Bureau and Frontier Economics examines approaches to developing places for twos during the current academic year.
It reveals that 34 per cent of the schools surveyed had found it 'not easy' to identify and allocate sources of finance for twos. Thirty-seven per cent were concerned about the sustainability of offering places.
The main reason for offering places was 'to increase the school readiness of two-year-olds to improve outcomes'. The majority of schools said they could support the learning and development and emotional needs of twos.
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