New nursery places are to be created at a school in Gedling after the Government announced new funding for childcare places.
Willow Farm Primary School is among the first wave of Labour’s new school-based nurseries giving children the best start in life and getting them ready for school
The funding is to aid the government’s pledge of offering 30 hours of free childcare a week.
To help hit the target, an initial 300 school-based nurseries will be rolled out across the country and will be available from September.
Twenty six of the first wave are in the East Midlands, with nine of them in Nottinghamshire.
Funding for the programme has been more than doubled to £37 million – and the government-funded hours of childcare available from September is estimated to save parents up to £7,500 on average.
The first 300 school-based nurseries will offer an average of 20 places per site and will be available by the end of September.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said: “We’ve more than doubled our investment in this first phase so thousands more children can benefit from a high-quality early education from this September.
“We said we’d act, and now we have. But this is just the beginning – we’ve set a hugely important milestone to get tens of thousands more children every year school-ready by age 5 as part of our Plan for Change.
This comes as new research released last month shows that early education is vital for children’s development and school readiness, particularly for those who may need extra support.
Jason Elsom, Chief Executive of Parentkind said: “Parents often struggle with finding good quality childcare, and many will welcome this investment, especially as parents with more than one child may be saved from the mad dash from nursery to school in the morning and afternoon.”
Maybe spend some money on fixing the potholes as we have not all got children and I pay my taxes.