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Ceeda Data: About Early Years 2 - No such thing as free?

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Ceeda’s second early years sector survey shows that less than half of 30-hours places are offered free of charge, while a third of training budgets are being slashed. Here are the key figures

THE BUSINESS IMPACT OF 30 HOURS

PLACES

ceeda-pieThe vast majority of settings are offering 30 hours, but there is a catch.

While the Government subsidy, introduced in September 2017, is offered by 94 per cent of PVI settings, less than half of these places are actually free. Across all settings, including childminders, just 46 per cent of these places are offered with no strings attached.

The most popular option is to offer six to 10 places, according to the data. There is an even spread in the average number of places delivered by settings: while 42 per cent deliver 10 or fewer spaces, 40 per cent deliver 16 or more. This averages across all domestic provision as nearly 14 places per provider.

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