However, they remain concerned about whether funding levels will be adequate to cover the cost to nurseries of offering the places. The Pre-School Learning Alliance said that the hourly figure quoted ...

This will mean that the DfE will fund local authorities according to the actual numbers of eligible two-year-olds taking up a place, the same way that three- and four-year-old places are funded.

More than 100,000 parents have signed up to claim 15 hours of free childcare for two-year-olds under a new £8 billion scheme. But short-staffed nurseries will not be able to cope with demand.

Over the next three years, legislation dictates that 40 per cent, or 260,000 two-year-olds, will be entitled to 15 hours of free childcare. The NDNA survey found that of those currently delivering the ...

The government has committed to supplementary funding of around £60m per year for nursery schools until 2019-2020. But no guarantee on funding has been given after 2020, leaving maintained ...

Under the scheme, working parents of three and four-year-olds are already able to get 30 hours of free childcare. From September, it will be extended to 15 hours for those aged nine months and above.

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Nurseries face having to turn children away as most childcare providers cannot meet increased demand created by the government's funding for two-year-olds, survey finds ...

Only 45% of nurseries will extend free childcare for pre-schoolers because of funding concerns, according to researchers. The government wants to double free childcare for three and four-year-olds in ...

Nurseries are being asked to come forward with ideas about how to double the amount of free childcare given to some families to 30 hours a week. But the industry has given the Government's request ...

This has led to 83% of nurseries saying their costs are higher than the funding for three and four-year-old places. Their average shortfall is £2.36 per hour per child or £1,345 over the year ...