A: No it isn't. The government published Your Child, Your Schools, Our future: Building a 21st-century Schools System in June, which proposes a key role for local authorities and children's trusts to establish local challenges and priorities. Part of this role is to ensure that their area has sufficient effective childcare by supporting partnerships between schools and providers.
The proposed Parental Guarantee also spells out that access to childcare continues, which will ensure that demand is maintained. Also, schools acting in networks and partnerships are likely to become more widespread. Your experience here will enable you to make more of the opportunities than providers used to working at the school-level only.
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