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<p>Maintained nursery schools are an important part of the early years sector, and
they provide support for some of our most disadvantaged children. The government provides
local authorities that have maintained nursery schools with supplementary funding,
to enable them to protect maintained nursery schools’ 2016-17 financial year funding
levels. As local authorities individually decided the funding levels of maintained
nursery schools at that time, this means that there is a range of funding levels across
the country.</p><p>We have confirmed the continuation of maintained nursery school
supplementary funding throughout the three year spending period, providing the sector
with long-term certainty. For financial year 2022-23, we will increase the maintained
nursery schools supplementary hourly funding rate by 3.5%, which is equivalent to
the increase in the three and four-year-old hourly funding rates.</p><p>The survey
carried out by Early Education, NAHT, National Education Union and UNISON is a valuable
contribution to our understanding of the maintained nursery schools. We continue to
work closely with sector representatives to understand issues affecting them.</p>
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