@crisp_aholic@_MissieBee Paragraph A1.34
“Where funded entitlement hours are taken within longer sessions, parents must be able to access the funded hours without being required to pay for additional hours before or after.”
@_MissieBee Early Education and Childcare Entitlements Statutory Guidance 1 April 2025
And I think but not sure if it is just as familia :
DfE Charging and Delivery Clarifications their 2025 update
@_MissieBee Depends, how have they been with you raising it already? If they know you are contacting the LA or have advice to do this. The nursery is receiving money from them on funded hours in line with the statutory guidance, they have to follow LA guidance, you could use this
@_MissieBee - Funding cannot be arranged so that parents are forced to buy private hours around it
- Nurseries must not restructure hours in a way that creates a barrier to using the entitlement