As the eight chosen areas begin to pilot the 30-hour free entitlement from this month, some settings are introducing new policies such as charges and limiting flexibility.
York nursery Polly Anna's, along with the rest of the city's participating settings, is getting a boosted £4 per hour for each three- and four-year-old child.
MODEL STRATEGY
However, the funding does not cover the services the nursery provides, and the setting is deploying what owner Ken McArthur claims is a ‘model strategy’ for tackling the financial shortfall.
Working families claiming the entitlement will be given the choice of signing up for one of two packages, with the first being a 52-week service offering 22 funded hours a week.
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