Asmall group of out-of-work families are among those set to benefit from Hertfordshire’s early implementer trial of the 30 hours of funded childcare. Hertfordshire is one of eight local authorities piloting the scheme, creating 5,000 places of subsidised childcare for three- and four-year-olds between them from September 2016.
Take-up of the trial has been enthusiastic in the county – there are an estimated 10-15,000 eligible three- and four-year-olds – and the council has filled 391 of the 415 places on offer since the launch in September. But it is keeping 20 places aside as part of a DfE project to support parents back into work.
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