John Sinott, chief executive of Leicestershire County Council, expressed 'serious doubts' about the guidance produced by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), in a hard-hitting report published by the council last week. The report followed an inquiry the council had ordered into what led to the parents of many three-year-olds in Leicestershire being told in September that their children would lose their free childcare place from January due to a funding shortfall after the council underestimated demand for places (News, 4 October). The situation was only resolved two weeks ago when the DfES agreed to give Leicestershire a 580,000 grant to fund the places.
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