Huge rise in take-up for funded places

By Alison Mercer, Nursery World, 4 June 2003

Nearly 100,000 more three-year-olds in England were taking up funded places in the private and voluntary sector in January 2003 than a year before, according to statistics published by the Department for Education and Skills last week.

Nearly 100,000 more three-year-olds in England were taking up funded places in the private and voluntary sector in January 2003 than a year before, according to statistics published by the Department for Education and Skills last week. Provisional figures for January 2003 reveal that 271,500 three-year-olds had subsidised places outside maintained sector provision - up from 184,600 in January 2002. The proportion of...

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