The sector is uniting to launch a legal challenge against the Department for Education (DfE) if it refuses to delay implementation of revised charging guidance for the funded hours, which early years providers have warned will ‘threaten the viability’ of provision.
A new campaign group, Early Years Voice, has been set up by early years providers to raise money to cover legal proceedings should the DfE refuse to delay the implementation of the guidance by six months and adequately consult with the sector.
It follows an open letter signed by thousands of nursery owners and managers urging the DfE to delay it to give early years settings a chance to introduce the changes without ‘compromising the quality of provision or financial sustainability’. At the time Nursery World went to press (20 March), 3,156 senior leaders, representing 5,043 early years settings, caring for 310,736 children, had signed the letter.
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