Earlier this month, children's minister Sarah Teather pledged to "strip back" the code for the free entitlement to childcare, while ensuring that access to the entitlement remains free. Speaking at the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) conference, she said: "Talking to colleagues over the past year, I am aware that it is just too long. In the autumn we will be working with nursery managers to try to strip back the code so the principles are there but so we have absolute priority about the fundamentals."
A revised code of practice, introduced to accompany the extension of the free entitlement to 15 hours in September last year, allowed for more flexibility in the way parents use the entitlement, guaranteeing parents a minimum offer of three five-hour sessions over the course of a week.
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