As of September, up to 2,500 more children will be eligible for 12.5 hours of free childcare a week, over 39 weeks of the year, under plans by the Welsh Government to expand its Flying Start scheme, which includes opening up the scheme to all two-year-olds within the next few years.
The programme will initially be expanded to more ‘target areas’ in every local authority in Wales with eligible families being contacted by the summer, before being rolled out universally.
Currently around 9,000 two-year-old receive funded childcare places in Wales.
To support expansion of the programme, existing Flying Start childcare, incuding those who specialise in Welsh-medium provision, will be encouraged to increase the number of places they offer.
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