Playgroup places lost to council oversight

By Simon Vevers, Nursery World, 4 October 2001

Playgroups in some parts of Leicestershire may have to close and more than 500 children could lose their free places because the county council has underestimated the demand for provision.

Playgroups in some parts of Leicestershire may have to close and more than 500 children could lose their free places because the county council has underestimated the demand for provision. Leicestershire county council has written to 300 early years providers telling them that some children with free places this term will not have them from January unless they live within certain postcode areas. Up to 560 children aged three are...

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