15 hours entiltlement

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The pre school that my ds will be attending are still only offering 12.5 hrs. 2.5 hrs per day.
Does anyone know whether all pre schools have to offer 15 hrs by September 2010? Or can some settings still opt out.

The code of practice for the LAs says:

"Providers not delivering the full entitlement

2.12 The Department recognises that some providers are not able to be open for 15 hours a week or the full 38 weeks a year so may not be able to offer the full minimum free entitlement (for example, independent schools which are usually only open 34 weeks of the year, or a playgroup open only 12 hours a week due to shared premises). Local authorities should enable parents to choose a reduced entitlement at these providers if they wish and inform parents about the implications of doing so, in particular that, if the local authority has made the full entitlement available at a different provider, the local authority is not under any obligation to offer the rest of the child?s free entitlement elsewhere in these circumstances. However, local authorities should seek to broker local partnerships to enable parents to access their full entitlement, wherever possible.

From the top link here: www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/resources-and-practice/IG00689/

Thanks for that MumInBeds. The nursery is attached to the primary school he will be going to the following year.

The nursery is open from 9am - 3pm school term time only. 39 weeks per year.

You have to choose either mornings or afternoons.

Ds has got mornings from 9-11:30am.

That is all the information that we have been given.

I'd certainly ask then. It's a pain to provide (speaking as a pre school worker) but I am sure they are meant to be doing it if they are open.

But imagine the chaos at 12 o'clock! Our school are doing 8.45 - 11.45 and 12.30 to 3.30 I think. You need time to clear away, set up and have a quick lunch in the middle!