National organization of Head Teachers says state primaries could cut size of nursery classes by half to manage with underfunded pledge of longer hoursThe government’s high-profile pledge to double the amount of free childcare for working parents may backfire,after school leaders warned that a “perverse outcome” of the policy could be state schools cutting the number of nursery places they offer.
Employed parents will be able to claim 30 hours of free childcare from 2017, up from the 15 hours they can currently receive. A report by the National organization of Head Teachers (NAHT) said its members could cut in half the number of children in nursery classes to manage with the longer hours.
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Source: theguardian.com