The new funding, announced today (16 February), is part of a £46m Government investment to expand early years provision to all two-year-olds, with an emphasis on strengthening Welsh-medium provision under the Flying Start programme.
From April 2023, an additional 2,200 two-year olds in the most disadvantaged areas of Wales will be eligible for 12.5 hours of free childcare a week, over 39 weeks of the year.
The first phase of the programme began in September 2022, with Phase Two expected to support 4,500 more two-year-olds between 2023 and 2024 and a further 5,200 between 2024 to 2025. Local authorities will inform families who live in the new ‘target’ Flying Start areas, in March.
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