Can a provider refuse to offer a free entitlement place for a child if the parent only wants them to take up the place part-time?
4a) If a parent states that they wish their child only to attend a maintained nursery for part of the free entitlement then the nursery must say that no, they are funded to offer five sessional places only . If the parent only wishes to access part of the free entitlement then they must use PVI provision. 4b) If a parent states that they wish their child only to attend a PVI provider for part of the free entitlement then the PVI provider is entitled to say that no, they don’t have a vacancy for a part-time place. The PVI provider may choose to take a child part-time or full-time depending on their occupancy rates. The risk that the provider takes is that they may not fill the place full-time either, but that decision is theirs to make. The local authority has a duty to provide sufficient places across the county and this is currently being achieved. April 2011 onwards 4c) Counting arrangements are likely to change for the maintained sector with the introduction of the single funding fo
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