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Out of school: Dispute over out-of-school funding
By Laura Marcus,
Nursery World,
16 January 2008
Out-of-school care provider Schoolfriend etc failed to apply for funding from three county councils, despite its claim that the closure of 150 clubs in November was due to a lack of local authority funding.
Chief financial officer Stephen Argent said that clubs in rural and deprived areas were refused funding by local authorities because they were unsustainable (News, 22 November). Essex, Hertfordshire and West Sussex County Councils experienced out-of-school club closures in the autumn term. Hertfordshire also confirmed another closure at a Cheshunt school on 4 January. Sarah Kiln, an independent out-of-school consultant working for Hertfordshire council, said, 'I contacted...
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