New figures released by the Department for Education today reveal 247,000 codes for the 15 hour funded two-year-old offer have been generated with 195,355 codes processed by providers. This means that while 79 per cent have a place, 21 per cent of two-year-olds eligible for the new entitlement currently haven’t.
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The estimated figures have been released today, ahead of confirmed figures on Monday. The DfE has also published findings from its Pulse providers survey today (19 April).
According to the DfE, the rollout of the expanded offer is on the same ‘trajectory’ as the previous expansion of the three and four-year-old places in 2017.
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