Marmalade Cat or École du Parc Post Reply

[MGMidget]

I know of a couple of children at Thomas's who went to Ecole de Parc so I wouldn't be concerned that you are closing any doors by choosing this nursery.

I am very interested in the comments about private nurseries losing their grant though as I had not heard of this!

[abcdefg]

It is not the nurseries that have the grant - it is the parents.

The government have said they want to give all parents of three and four year olds 30 free hours of nursery education and private providers have the option to join the scheme, or not. The new 30 free hours are means tested, and if you have a joint income (the man has to work full time and the woman part time) of over £99,999 you won't be eligible anyway. Based on this, plus the cost to administer the scheme, many nursery providers will chose not to offer it. This is a nationwide issue, not a local one.

There has been no final decision yet, but it will be up to individual providers to decide what they do. Some providers may of course decide to offer the 15 hours as they do now and not the 30.

Hope that is helpful!

[sw11_]

Why should the woman have to work part time and the man full time? Either the legislation needs rewriting or you have an unconscious bias issue in how you're interpreting it!

[abcdefg]

Ha ha that is my assumption of course... One full time working member, and one part time...