Property News · August 24, 2014

Underprivileged two-year-olds being declined by 'middle-class' nurseries


Lack of places leaves 63,000 on waiting lists despite coalition pledge to extend childcare to the most deprived familiesThousands of private nurseries are declining to accept two-year-olds from poor backgrounds, despite a £100m government initiative to extend childcare to the most deprived families. The revelation has prompted concerns that some nurseries do not want poorer children mixing with those from middle-class families, their core clientele.All three- and four-year-olds receive free early education, but the extension of free childcare to some two-year-olds is not universal; instead it is specifically aimed at the underprivileged. The government pledges that from next month 40% of the most deprived two-year-olds – 277,000 children – will be eligible to receive up to 570 hours of free early education a year, equivalent to 15 hours a week for 38 weeks. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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