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Local authorities around the country are clawing back money for unused free entitlement hours for three and four-year-olds, and telling nurseries to bill parents for the lost funding.
Just how local authorities split early years funding between private and voluntary nurseries and maintained provision in schools and nursery schools has long been a bone of contention.
The early years sector has expressed further concern over the financial sustainability of settings as new figures reveal stagnant funding rates for most local authorities next year.
Local authorities' plans for children and young people are examined in the National Foundation for Educational Research's interim report, Analysis of the 2006 Children and Young People's Plans, to be...
Taking public services such as education and the early years out of politics may be the only way of funding them adequately.
Childcare providers are being surveyed on how local authorities have been consulting with them on the Early Years Single Funding Formula.
Local authorities will have to confirm funding rates to early years providers eight weeks after the DfE announces local authority rates, under new rules being brought in.
More than half of local authorities in England anticipate permanent closure of childcare providers when Covid funding ends in January, a new report by Coram Family and Childcare has revealed.
Cuts in funding from central Government are forcing local authorities to take a different approach to their children's services and education, at a time of many other changes, writes Pauline Hoare.
Local authorities are struggling to meet increased demand for wraparound childcare, amid ‘significant’ funding challenges and difficulties recruiting staff, finds new research.