The situation for private and voluntary nurseries in England is so dire that early years education and childcare are at risk of becoming services that only wealthy families can access, MPs and peers have warned.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Childcare and Early Education report, Steps to sustainability, says the Government’s 30-hour childcare policy for three- and four-year-olds has exacerbated the financial situation for nurseries and that evidence suggests there is around a 20 per cent shortfall in funding per child.
The APPG launched a formal inquiry last year into the financial sustainability of private and voluntary providers and has heard evidence from nurseries, sector organisations, the Local Government Association and others, which informed the findings.
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