Campaign group Fair Funding for Our Kids (FFFOK) met with Angela Constance, cabinet secretary for education and lifelong learning, yesterday (17 November) to discuss how the Scottish government intends to deliver its promise to double the free hours for three and four-year-olds, when it says that thousands of children are unable to take up the current offer.
At the moment, all three- and four-year-olds in Scotland are eligible for 16 hours of free childcare a week, however the Scottish Government has committed to increasing the offer to 30 hours by 2020.
Although FFFOK claims a large number of children are unable to take up the 16 free hours as the majority of places are available at council-run settings, many of which offer just sessional care and are open term-time only.
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