The parents of England's 130,000 most disadvantaged two-year-olds will be able to claim 15 hours of free childcare from their local provider from September. Local authorities have had almost three years to prepare for the entitlement, but with budget cuts and government reforms to the early years sector, will settings be ready in time?
Achieving Two Year Olds (A2YO), the Department for Education's national support organisation for the two-years-old scheme, will assess the nationwide level of take-up next month.
The DfE has informed local authorities of how many two-year-olds it estimates will be eligible for free childcare, which is based on the 20 per cent most disadvantaged households for September 2013, extending to the 40 per cent most disadvantaged in 2014.
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