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Early years Alliance calls on next government to provide emergency funding for struggling settings

Poorest children increasingly excluded from early years education

The Sutton Trust says only 20 per cent of families earning less than £20,000 a year will have access to the planned expansion of funded places for early years provision, compared to 80 per cent of those with household incomes over £45,000.

Concerns early years providers will miss out on EYPP under extended entitlement

Early years providers are being reminded that they will need to apply for the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) in addition to claiming the new funding rate for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

DfE confirms extended 30 hours funding rates, but sector says they don't reflect the 'real delivery cost'

Early years funding rates uplift 'not enough' to prevent closures, providers warn

A Department for Education uplift of early years funding rates worth £400m will “fall short” of what providers need to deliver the government’s planned expansion of the funded childcare offer, sector leaders have said.