Nursery World - Mayor tackles low uptake of funded two-year-old places

More than a third of eligible families in London are missing out on two-year-old places, according to figures released by the Mayor.

Just 61 per cent of eligible twos in the capital are accessing a funded early education place, compared with 72 per cent nationally.

The figures come from the Mayor’s Early Years in London report, which also highlights the wide variation in take-up across the capital. While uptake in Sutton is 111 per cent (with only 400 twos eligible yet 420 children taking the entitlement), in Tower Hamlets just 47 per cent of places are being used.

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Local projects

The Mayor’s campaign aims to tackle the problem by awarding grants of between £8,000 and £15,000 to 11 organisations that are running creative projects to boost awareness of funded early education among families and communities.

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