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Vital Signs - Education
Early years
Positive early childhood development forms
the foundation for optimum health and social
outcomes in later life. Free childcare is available
for two-year olds if the household is in receipt
of speci昀椀c government bene昀椀ts.
The local take-up rate is 99% compared
with England’s average of 93.7%.
Local take up rate of
15 hr free childcare for
children aged between
3-4 years in MK.
All three- to four-year-olds in England are
eligible for 15 hours a week of early education
and childcare. The local take-up rate is 99%,
compared with the England average of 93.7%.
While the take up rates of early years
education is now high, Zoe Raven,
CEO of Acorn Nurseries commented:
We noticed a regression in the
social skills, con昀椀dence and
emotional resilience in the
children who did not attend
the nurseries during the
pandemic and who didn’t
have access to the normal
range of social situations.
Zoe Raven, CEO of Acorn Nurseries.
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