Appearing before the education select committee yesterday, Morgan said the response to a government appeal for trailblazers to put themselves forward for trials of the expanded offer, due to get under way next September, has been positive.
“We have had hundreds of providers coming forward since Sam Gyimah and I opened up the bidding for people to be pilots, bidding to come forward and be early providers,” Morgan said.
The Department for Education (DfE) has given providers and councils until 28 September to put their names forward for the trials.
The government has not said how many providers it will select or a target figure for the number of childcare places the trial will involve.
Morgan also gave an update on the government’s funding review currently taking place for how the extended provision for all three- and four-year-olds will be paid for.
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