Dr Ian Craig, Kent County Council's operations director for children,families and education, told Nursery World that the group will aim tocome up with 'an equitable funding formula that people see as fair,because they clearly see the present arrangements as not fair'.
He confirmed that there was a current disparity of 99p in the hourlypayments to providers, with the PVI sector receiving 3.44 perchild and the maintained sector 4.43. He made it clear that whilethe council was sympathetic to PVI providers, this did not mean theyshould expect to be paid exactly the same as their maintained sectorcounterparts.
'This is not just a Kent issue. We are among the better payers ofnursery education funding to the PVI sector, paying more than many ofour neighbouring counties in the south-east,' he added.
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