The Scottish Government has published it’s Early learning and childcare: sustainable rates review today (Wednesday 20 December 2023) in which it acknowledges the challenges facing private and voluntary ELC providers.
This report is a joint Scottish Government and COSLA evidence-based review of the approach to setting sustainable rates for childcare providers in the private, third and childminding sector to deliver funded early learning and childcare in 2022 to 2023.
The review was carried out with stakeholders from local government and funded providers and their representatives. The objective of this review was:
– to learn lessons from the implementation of policy in 2022-23,
– to identify where the process can be improved further, and
– to ensure that sustainable rates are set in-line with the guidance. This includes reflecting the costs of delivering funded ELC and payment of the real Living Wage to staff.
