Nursery World - Childcare providers in London less likely to offer the 30 hours

The majority of childcare providers are offering the 30 hours, but there are regional differences, finds a new DfE report.

The study, which is the first national survey of early years and childcare providers since the rollout across England in September 2017, shows that 90 per cent of group providers are offering the extended entitlement, however a third of school nurseries and just under a quarter of childminders are not.

Carried out by NatCen on behalf of the Department for Education and in collaboration with Frontier Economics, the report uses data from the Survey of Childcare and Early Years providers (SCEYP) 2018, which was undertaken in spring 2018 and received responses from 5,141 group-based PVI providers, 968 school nurseries (including maintained nursery schools) and 861 childminders.

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