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Free funding for 3 year olds; is the 15 hours going the 'entitled to but good luck finding some' way of NHS dentists

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KatyMac · 11/05/2011 21:35

This is a (mis) quote from a thread on MN this week.

But it could be true; everyone is entitled to a NHS dentist but they are quite rare.

The low amounts that nurseries are being paid for 3yo funding is ridiculously low in a lot of areas; if a 'private' space costs £5-8 an hour and a funded space is being paid at £3-5 Nurseries will simply stop providing these places.

Already nurseries in my area have closed due to this issue; in addition the children's centres round here are about to reach the end of their subsidies.

I can't see anyone 'fixing' childcare in the near future; are there any ways that the future of childcare can be secured as realistically it's not looking good.

If you were in charge how would you deal with the issue?

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Chil1234 · 12/05/2011 07:12

I would make it a long-term objective for all primary schools to offer a pre-school nursery class for children aged 3+. Some do already but it is patchy. I say long-term because it may not be possible, under the funding constraints applicable today, to make the change immediately. But as a long-term goal I would expect Education Authorities to have a plan for implementation

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