Editor's view

By Liz Roberts, editor, Nursery World, 5 April 2007

The Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative always seemed to have several flaws, not least in how the nurseries created would ever be sustainable. It started off at a gallop, achieving its target of 45,000 places in advance of the due date. Recently, as the funding nears its end, there has been news of several closures and sales, and the Pre-School Learning Alliance has made its fears about the future of NNI settings known. Now a series of major studies of the implementation and impact of the programme, commissioned by the DfES, offers a rigorous analysis of the positives and negatives (see News,...

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