{"id":24817,"date":"2014-08-24T03:31:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T20:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/underprivileged-two-year-olds-being-declined-by-middle-class-nurseries\/"},"modified":"2016-09-04T00:26:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T17:26:36","slug":"underprivileged-two-year-olds-being-declined-by-middle-class-nurseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/underprivileged-two-year-olds-being-declined-by-middle-class-nurseries\/","title":{"rendered":"Underprivileged two-year-olds being declined by 'middle-class' nurseries"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLack 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 \u00a3100m 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 \u2013 277,000 children \u2013 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…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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