Everyone says, the free offer is great for parents, they love it. It's just greedy providers who refuse to offer it. Well that is not true. According to the findings from the National Centre for Social Research report commissioned by the DfE about the factors associated with the take-up rate of the funded entitlements. Their new evidence gives a much clearer picture of what parents think about the "free offer".
Parents think free does not mean quality according to the findings from the NatCen report. Parents' concerns about quality were highlighted as one key factor as to why they refused to send their children entitled to the two-year-old offer to nursery.
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