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Nursery education grant: Study compares NEG and costs
By Simon Vevers,
Nursery World,
17 October 2007
Most providers of free nursery education receive enough money to cover their costs, but extending the flexible entitlement to 15 hours may worsen the plight of those already facing a shortfall in funding, according to new research.
Hedra Consulting, which was commissioned by the Government to look at the operation of the free entitlement in a number of local authorities, found that 'the free early years entitlement funding does not cover average hourly costs in certain parts of the country'. While most nursery education providers receive more money in funding than their costs, the report found that in all but...
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