Childcare funding reform allocations fail to plug provision gaps

Jess Brown
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Funding allocated to individual councils under the government's proposed early years national funding formula does not prioritise areas that most need to boost childcare places, the Family and Childcare Trust (Fact) has warned.

Forum members keen to start debate about what children learn across the age range. Image: Becky Nixon
Forum members keen to start debate about what children learn across the age range. Image: Becky Nixon

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