Alliance comments on the Family and Childcare Trust’s London Childcare Report
10th September 2014
Commenting on the Family and Childcare Trust’s 2014 London Childcare Report, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, said:
“This report supports what we have been saying for many years now: if we are to build an affordable, sustainable childcare sector in England, fundamental funding reform is necessary.
“Many of the challenges highlighted in the report - rising childcare costs, lack of childcare sufficiency and poor staff salary levels - are a direct consequence of a sustained lack of adequate government investment into the childcare sector. As such, any review of existing funding systems that does not acknowledge this fact is certain to fail.
“Early years providers continue to deliver high-quality early years education and care despite ongoing funding inadequacies, but this situation is simply not sustainable in the long-term. As such, we urge the new early years team at the Department for Education to address this issue as a matter of priority."
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Notes for editors
- The Pre-school Learning Alliance is the largest voluntary sector provider of quality affordable childcare and education in England.
- Through direct provision and its membership of 14,000 nurseries, sessional pre-schools and parent and toddler groups, the Alliance supports over 800,000 children and their families in England. The Alliance also develops and runs family learning programmes, offers information and advice, runs acclaimed training and accreditation programmes and campaigns to influence early years policy and practice.
- For information about the Pre-school Learning Alliance, visit our website: