Nursery World’s exclusive investigation into the first year of the 30 hours reveals stark variations in nursery closures across the country.
For the most part there does not appear to have been much impact on the number of childcare places, suggesting that smaller nurseries are closing and biggers ones are opening.
Our analysis reveals that while some local authorities experienced a net loss of private, voluntary and independent (PVI) settings between 2017 and 2018, in other areas either more opened or the same number opened that closed.
In two local authorities, Essex and Kent, many more nurseries opened than closed during the 12-month period (see charts).
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