It’s finally happening. After years of calling for the issue of underfunding in the early years sector to be addressed, government is finally conducting a review into the cost of delivering free entitlement places – and more importantly, into what this means in terms of the sector’s funding needs.
On the positive side, the review is certainly wide-ranging: alongside the recent provider call for evidence (which closed on 10 August), the government also launched an online survey for parents, as well as running a series of provider roundtables across the country, holding consultation sessions for employees of large corporate organisations, and commissioning an independent agency to carry out research into the cost to PVI providers of delivering funded childcare.
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