Earlier this year, the Government asked childcare providers and local authorities to volunteer to be among the first to double the hours of funded childcare for working parents. The free entitlement to early education for three- and four-year-olds with working parents is set to increase from 15 to 30 hours in September 2017, but the Government wants to trial the new system from September next year. Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has said that hundreds of providers had expressed interest in the trial before the sign-up deadline of 28 September. These range from national chains like Busy Bees to smaller, more local groups.
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