In brief

Nursery World, 31 May 2001

Latest Government data show a rise in children in funded pre-school education in Northern Ireland, from 10,758 in 1995-96 to 17,878 in October 2000. Of these, 11,931 are in nursery schools or nursery classes in primary schools, 1,990 in reception classes/groups, and 3,957 in funded places in playgroups and day nurseries. The statistics also report the religious affiliations of children in pre-school education. as 51.6 per cent Roman Catholic, 40.7 per cent Protestant, 1.3 per cent other Christian and 0.5 per cent non-Christian, with 5.9 per cent of either no religion or not recorded.

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