Around 1,500 nursery education places in Camden are under threat from changes to nursery education grant funding set out in the new Code of Practice, Nursery World has learned. Findings from a report commissioned by the local authority warn of the impact to private, voluntary and independent settings of extending the free early education entitlement The report suggests that the vast majority of PVI providers would have to withdraw from the nursery education grant funding scheme if they are unable to charge top-up fees.