Justine Greening, the new education secretary, confirmed today in a written statement to parliament, that the implementation will happen from 2018-19, as further consultation is needed.
Ministerial commitments to a start of 2017-18 had been made as recently as this week, but Ms Greening said further consultation was needed to ensure the Government gets its ‘approach right’.
Explaining the timetable shift, she described the moves as a ‘once in a generation opportunity for an historic change’.
Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, expressed concern at the likely impact on the early years’ funding changes.
He said, ‘We are extremely concerned about the potential implications of this delay on the introduction of the promised national early years funding formula.
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