Can I refuse stretching government funding

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There is a nursery owned by MOD (my husband is in the army) and decided to send our 3 years old son there starting next week as relocation was confirmed late and there was no available nurseries around.

We previously him to a Mod owned nursery in another location which run like a public one and it fit all so well.

From the charge list in the new place I could see they stretch funding which i was not so familiar with, and noticed that it is more like a private nursery having a contract with MOD but does not seem really fit for the people working in the army.

Considering our situation we prefer not stretching and have some time off during a long summer holiday before he goes to reception. But is it possible to refuse stretching government funding.

The terms and conditions do not explain about funding instead they ask to contact the nursery but i would like to know if it can usually be refused. Thanks.

I believe it is an optional thing.

You can choose stretched or unstitched however, settings make the funding work as best as possible for them selves. It’s really up to the setting how they offer the hours. Some may only choose to do morning or afternoon sessions that are funded. They may only offer stretched. I’m a childminder and only offer term time only so stretched wouldn’t be an option with me.

Yes true. We initially wanted to send him Mon-Fri morning sessions only but they said funding can only be applied to full time so we had to choose sending him full time but only 3 days, and we drop him late and pick him up early. Then again the stretched funding does not seem working for us as having holidays during the half terms. I could not find any further details but that it is an 'offer' for the people who needs to send their kids to nursery during the half terms too. With the funding stretch it seems more like we need to pay extra eventually.

Sorry, just noticed my terrible typos 🤦‍♀️

It’s a bit of a minefield really as all settings have different ways they supply the hours. What I will say is, having some kids on stretched and others term time only creates an extra headache. It’s one of the reasons I only do term time only and I obviously only care for a few children compared to a larger setting

Does the nursery offer term time only?
If you don't stretch the funding you might just have to pay full cost during the holidays.

This is what ours do. But they only offer "school hours" term time only so it ends up worse for us.