Response to new early years funding formula

Funding figures have been released by the Department for Education showing that Birmingham nurseries will lose out to more affluent areas.
Changes to the Early Years Funding Formula are set to reduce early education funding in Birmingham by even more than initially proposed, driving providers of nursery education and childcare towards closure.
Final baseline funding allocations show that funding per head in Birmingham is set to drop by 5%. This is the biggest funding reduction in the country (th