Two-year-olds pilots start next month

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 23 March 2006

Local authorities in England will pilot free childcare for two-year-olds from next month. Plans to extend nursery education to 12,000 two-year-olds in 500 areas of disadvantage were originally announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown more than two years ago in a spending review.

Local authorities in England will pilot free childcare for two-year-olds from next month. Plans to extend nursery education to 12,000 two-year-olds in 500 areas of disadvantage were originally announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown more than two years ago in a spending review. However, it was not made clear at the time whether the pilots would involve nursery education...

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