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NEG to be paid by hour, not session, in Kent
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
11 October 2007
The free early years entitlement is to be offered by Kent County Council for private, voluntary and independent providers by the hour rather than by two-and-a-half hour sessions from next April.
Faced with growing numbers of enquiries from providers and parents about the current 12.5 hour per week funding, the council wrote to the Department for Children, Schools and Families for clarification. The council was told that nurseries must not charge, for example, if a parent chose to take their entitlement in three-hour blocks over three days because this would be less than 12.5 hours a week. In a letter to providers, Kent council...
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