Last year, the Department for Education (DfE) announced it was extending the offer to foster carers following lobbying by the chair of the education select committee Robert Halfon MP.
It has today confirmed that foster parents with three- and four-year-olds will be able to access the 30 hours of funded childcare from September, giving them the same rights as other working parents.
New figures on the take-up of the 30 hours for the summer term (1 April to 31 August 2018), also published today by the DfE, show around 339,974 three- and four-year-olds are in a 30 hours place. This compares to 294,000 who were estimated to be in a place during the spring term (1 January to 31 March 2018).
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