The eight areas piloting the government's expanded free childcare entitlement started operating this month.
The offer of 30 free hours of childcare per week for three- and four-year-olds of working parents is being delivered in York, Wigan, Staffordshire, Swindon, Portsmouth, Northumberland, Newham and Hertfordshire.
The Department for Education hopes the pilots will iron out any issues that arise before the national roll-out in September 2017, and, in so doing, help childcare settings across the country make informed decisions about whether to offer the 30 hours.
Each pilot area will test different initiatives and ways of working, two of which are outlined in detail here.
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