'Baffling' DfE report raises fears over free childcare expansion

Derren Hayes
Monday, October 12, 2015

A Department for Education review has been unable to quantify the costs of providing childcare, prompting concerns from the early years sector that the planned expansion of the free entitlement will be underfunded.

Around half of children at Fiveways Playcentre receive 15 hours of free childcare a week
Around half of children at Fiveways Playcentre receive 15 hours of free childcare a week

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