A new resource on the Department for Education’s website means that nurseries, parents and others will be able to see a breakdown by local authority area of funding for three-and four-year-old places, as well as their take-up.
Although the data has been previously available from Section 251 returns, which local authorities have to submit annually to show how they spend education funding, this is the first time the data has been pulled together into an easily accessible format.
Nurseries will be able to view how much funding per child per year is allocated to the free entitlement for three- and four-year old places by type of provider and area. The data will also be updated in the next few months to include information on two-year-old places.
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