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Why are only settings with 20 or more childcare places eligible? Won’t this exclude many rural settings?

April 26, 2017Childcare eligible EXCLUDE rural settings

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Why are only settings with 20 or more childcare places eligible? Won’t this exclude many rural settings?

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A. 20 places is likely to be the minimum for most full day care settings to be sustainable. By focusing on settings with 20 or more places we are maximising the impact of the Fund on improving the quality of provision for as many children as possible. Figures from Ofsted show that only 9% of full day care settings overall have fewer than 20 registered places and these small settings are not located mainly or exclusively in rural areas.