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One London local authority is considering allowing some early years providers to delay extending the free entitlement to 15 hours until April 2011, Nursery World has learned.
The children’s minister has vowed to look again at the percentage of early years funding that local authorities are allowed to keep back from providers in the Early Years Funding Formula.
Sixteen local authorities have been chosen to pilot the Government’s plans to provide universal wraparound care for primary school aged children.
James Hempsall shows how delivering the 15 hours of free entitlement in rural areas is an important issue for providers, local authorities and their sufficiency duties.
As this highly significant bill enters its final stages in Parliament, we ask Family and Childcare Trust policy and public affairs expert Adam Butler some key questions.
How will local authority cuts in advisory services and staff affect support for the early years sector, asks Janet Murray.
Local authorities in Scotland have been awarded Pounds 180m over the next three years to improve the quality of life in communities, including schemes to benefit children. The cash follows grants of...
The DCSF has named 56 local authorities that have been approved to implement the Early Years Single Funding Formula from April by becoming second-wave pathfinders (see box).
Early years providers will now be able to compare how much funding they receive for the free entitlement with settings in other areas.
Local authorities will be asked to look at how to increase capacity in early years settings in their area to ensure that they will be able to provide sufficient places for disadvantaged two-year-olds.