Nursery World - Welsh nurseries on board to deliver 30 hours

Survey reveals majority of nurseries in Wales will be participating in the 30 hours, in what the NDNA calls a ‘remarkable shift’ within the sector.

Of the 115 nurseries that responded to the National Day Nurseries Association’s Cymru’s annual survey, 87 per cent said they would be 'likely' or 'very likely' to deliver Wales’ Childcare Offer of 30 funded hours a week over 48 weeks of the year.

Just 1 per cent of respondents said they would be unlikely to become involved in the 30 hours.

Selected local authorities are already delivering the offer, with roll-out across the whole of Wales expected by 2020. Currently, all three- and four-year-olds in Wales are entitled to 10 hours a week.

Of those that responded to the NDNA’s survey, 32 per cent were already delivering the offer.

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