Pre-schools set for review in NI

Proposals to raise the admission age for nursery schools and classes in Northern Ireland to ensure that two-year-olds remain in a more age-appropriate environment have been welcomed by the early years organisation NIPPA. The Department of Education's review of pre-school education, which was put out for consultation last week, suggested that children should either be admitted in their immediate pre-school year between three and four, or when they reach three, the age at which they can go to a private nursery.