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Day nurseries mooted for four-year-olds
By Katy Morton,
Nursery World,
21 July 2009
National Day Nurseries Association has proposed using spare nursery places for four-year-olds as a solution to the shortage of primary school places.
The NDNA said private, voluntary and independent day nurseries should be used, rather then sending children to school at four years of age. Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the NDNA said, 'With an average of 79.5% occupancy and around 15,500 UK day nurseries, there are potentially thousands of places available for four-year-olds in day nurseries.' The NDNA also said a later school start would benefit children born in summer. In response to the Primary Review, schools secretary Ed Balls said that parents worried that...
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