This is our last issue of 2009. The year has ended with a bang rather than a whimper, as Dawn Primarolo popped up at the Children, Schools and Families select committee to proclaim that the implementation of the Early Years Single Funding Formula would be put on hold for a year (see News, pages 4-5).
The move has prompted cheers and groans in about equal measure. Apparently, two-thirds of local authorities were not ready to go ahead with the EYSFF in April, although those who are in shape can become 'pathfinders' for the scheme. It is a fair bet that few will choose to do so. Schools forums are unlikely to vote for a course of action that is likely to cause huge problems for nursery schools and classes.
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