In a letter to PVI providers last week, the council said it was withdrawing the document and that it would be 'inappropriate' to implement the terms until there was 'clarity' about issues of concern. Councillors were due to meet with DfES officials yesterday (19 July).
Kent County Council's cabinet member for education, John Simmonds, told Nursery World, 'We feel the Code of Practice is ambiguous and we are talking to the DfES to see if we can clarify the situation. We recognise the problems faced by a few providers and we are anxious to do all we can to ensure their future. In the meantime we have withdrawn the agreement that we wanted to put in place, pending the outcome of our meeting.'
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