The achievements to date in providing 15 hours of free childcare to disadvantaged two-year-olds gives us invaluable learning to inform future development of this and similar initiatives, such as the upcoming 30 hours for three- and four-year-olds whose families work.
Local authorities, early years providers and schools have already embraced the initiative. Since 2012, the A2YO team has been working to provide information sharing, support and challenge to make it happen.
Strategies to stimulate demand that work well in one area may not be as successful for another. Likewise, some strategies to develop places are not suited to all areas - they depend so much on the local market, range and type of providers, constraints and opportunities presented by premises, funding rates matched to the local economy, and competing agendas and demands for space.
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