The Government has today given its response to the measures proposed in the EYFS consultation, most of which will go ahead but some will be scrapped or delayed.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan also announced three areas of investment:
- £180m Childcare Choices website updated to give parents personalised information about the new support they can claim
- £100m capital funding for local authorities to support providers’ building and expansion projects
- £289m to support wraparound programme to increase availability of childcare for working parents at both ends of the school day
NDNA has asked for childcare providers to have the parent updates so they know what parents are being told and can prepare for their inquiries.
Purnima Tanuku OBE, Chief Executive of NDNA said: “NDNA called for capital funding to be made available on the back of evidence from our members that 72% needed to physically expand in order to offer more places to one and two-year-olds.
