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Service puts child at fore
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
4 September 2008
A town in Northern Italy with a higher-than-average number of children from birth to three enrolled in early years services is the focus of a new book, Young Children in charge.
San Miniato in Tuscany, with a population of 26,000, has a take-up of 40 per cent of children from birth to two in nursery or an integrated service, and a further 5 per cent enrolled in the state early education system. Unlike the UK, services are not targeted at particular groups, such as working families or disadvantaged parents, and the aspiration is to provide a universal service. The level of provision is more than...
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