Centre stage

By Simon Vevers, Nursery World, 17 March 2005

Can nursery schools survive current changes in early years provision, especially the move to children's centres? Simon Vevers reports They have received a ringing endorsement in the EPPE research and secured the backing of the children's minister, Margaret Hodge, who wants them to become children's centres. So why are local authorities continuing to close maintained nursery schools, discarding what one of their leading advocates describes as their 'distinctive ethos and specialist knowledge'?

Can nursery schools survive current changes in early years provision, especially the move to children's centres? Simon Vevers reports They have received a ringing endorsement in the EPPE...

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