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Families with children with SEND in West and North Northamptonshire have accused their local authorities of ‘letting them down’ after they put a 'pause' on early years high needs funding for new...
By Clem Henricson (The Policy Press, 18.99, ISBN 9781447300533)
Sector leaders have welcomed Scottish childcare reforms, with plans to double free provision by 2020 and make funding ‘follow the child’.
Reports from authorities piloting the Early Years Single Funding Formula suggest the allocation may fail to level the playing field across PVI and maintained sectors, reports Mary Evans.
The Department for Education has created 'a black hole' of more than 114m in overspending according to the Labour Party.
The Government is consulting on plans to change the way early education places for two-year-olds are funded.
Fifteen local authorities are taking part in a 4m pilot to test methods of providing nursery places to the poorest two-year-olds in England.
Early years providers are having to predict whether they - and the sector as a whole - will gain or lose if they stay in the free nursery education scheme. Mary Evans hears why.
Paying staff wages, dealing with more administration, and making a surplus are the top three challenges nurseries face, nearly a year after the introduction of the 30 hours.