Some headteachers and management staff in nursery schools could be made redundant as part of the re-organisation, which will be introduced in September 2014.
The city has six nursery schools, which currently receive funding for 25 hours a week for three-and four-year-olds, but the early years redesign will mean that all early years providers will be funded for the statutory minimum of 15 hours a week.
The council said that Stoke is one of only three local authority areas that provides the full-time provision in nursery schools.
Currently there are three different funding rates, with the rate per child per hour respectively £5.19 in nursery schools, £3.90 for private and voluntary providers, and £2.39 in nursery classes in primary schools.
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