disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds starting next April will offer
significant help to these young children.
A consultation open until 22 August has started and it is important to respond (see our story on pages 6-7).
It is good news that the money will go directly to providers, and that any early years setting with funded children - schools, PVI nurseries, pre-schools, childminders - will be able to accept the money.
The £50m equates to £300 per year for each eligible child, or 53p per hour, which if you are a nursery receiving a rate of around £3.50-£4.00 an hour for your three- and four-year-olds is a substantial increase.
However, it is still well below the amount that many nurseries say is the shortfall on the actual cost of providing these places. And £300 is nowhere near the £1,300 awarded for each child under the primary pupil premium.
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