The Government is seeking views from the sector on a range of reforms which will determine funding for all free places and redraw the local authority landscape in which PVI providers operate. There is but a short window of opportunity to feed into this consultation which will influence new statutory guidance relating to these vital areas.
Proposals for a new national funding formula for all free early education places reflect the Government's satisfaction with its approach to funding the two-year-old programme.
Last November it introduced a funding model for twos which it heralded as being 'appropriate and reflecting up-to-date data'. Since then it has talked up its 'unprecedented levels of transparency and simplicity for local authorities and providers in terms of average hourly funding rates'.
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