The sector has had high expectations for more sustainable levels of funding from the Early Years Single Funding Formula, and the announcement by children's minister Dawn Primarolo that she is delaying its implementation is simply delaying fairer and more equitable funding.
Providers have had mixed experiences of the formula, but NDNA questions why, a few months before it is due to go live, a high proportion of local authorities are saying the formula is not ready. Only recently the Government reported that pilot areas showed that delivering the formula was possible. When announcing the changes to the funding for the free entitlement, the Government said that if the EYSFF was not effective, it would revisit the idea of separately identifying the funding for funded places.
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