Funding formula values free nursery places at 2 per hour

9 June 2011 1 min read Janaki Mahadevan Early Years Nurseries

Nurseries are receiving as little as 2.05 per hour per child in local authority funding to foot the cost of the free entitlement for early education.

At the opening of the annual National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) conference, findings of a survey of nurseries from 133 local authorities revealed wide variations in the amount of money councils are handing out through the Early Years Single Funding Formula (EYSFF).

In North Tyneside private nurseries receive just £2.05 an hour compared with the highest rate of £5 per hour in Slough.

The research carried out in April this year also found differences between the amounts handed out to private, voluntary and maintained nurseries. The national average base rate for private nurseries was £3.51 per child per hour compared to £3.55 for voluntary settings and £3.96 for maintained settings.

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