11 Summarise Entitlement And Provision For
1.1 Summarise entitlement and provision for early years education
Since 2004 all children in the UK aged three and four years old have been entitled to free places at nursery or another preschool setting including childminders. From 1st September 2010 the government extended these hours from 12.5 hours to 15 hours for up to 38 weeks of the year. The free entitlement provides universal access to early childhood education and care, ensuring that all children have the opportunity to benefit from early years education. The extended hours also supports parents who wish to go back to work or develop their careers through further education by providing affordable day care. The provision for this free early years education and childcare can be at any of the following:
Nursery schools
Nurseries on school sites
Nursery classes in schools and academies
Children's centres
Day nurseries
Some playgroups and pre school
Childminders
Sure start children's centres
In September 2012 the government unveiled changes that almost 1,000 two-year-olds was to benefit from free childcare a year early after it was decided to bring forward trials in 10 areas in England to September 2012. They unveiled the changes to introduce greater flexibility to allow more parents to take advantage of the scheme that was already used by more than 800,000 three- and four-year-olds. From September 2013 150,000 of the most disadvantaged two-year-olds are now receiveing up to 15 hours a week of free early years education. The date the claim begings will depend on when the child's birthday is:
1 January to 31 March - the beginning of term on or after 1 April
1 April to 31 August - the beginning of term on or after 1 September
1 September to 31 December - the beginning of term on or after 1 January To enable children to access free early years education parents/carers must be in reciept of any of the following benfits:
Income support
Income based jobseeker's allowance (JSA)
Income releated employment and
Since 2004 all children in the UK aged three and four years old have been entitled to free places at nursery or another preschool setting including childminders. From 1st September 2010 the government extended these hours from 12.5 hours to 15 hours for up to 38 weeks of the year. The free entitlement provides universal access to early childhood education and care, ensuring that all children have the opportunity to benefit from early years education. The extended hours also supports parents who wish to go back to work or develop their careers through further education by providing affordable day care. The provision for this free early years education and childcare can be at any of the following:
Nursery schools
Nurseries on school sites
Nursery classes in schools and academies
Children's centres
Day nurseries
Some playgroups and pre school
Childminders
Sure start children's centres
In September 2012 the government unveiled changes that almost 1,000 two-year-olds was to benefit from free childcare a year early after it was decided to bring forward trials in 10 areas in England to September 2012. They unveiled the changes to introduce greater flexibility to allow more parents to take advantage of the scheme that was already used by more than 800,000 three- and four-year-olds. From September 2013 150,000 of the most disadvantaged two-year-olds are now receiveing up to 15 hours a week of free early years education. The date the claim begings will depend on when the child's birthday is:
1 January to 31 March - the beginning of term on or after 1 April
1 April to 31 August - the beginning of term on or after 1 September
1 September to 31 December - the beginning of term on or after 1 January To enable children to access free early years education parents/carers must be in reciept of any of the following benfits:
Income support
Income based jobseeker's allowance (JSA)
Income releated employment and