The school-based nurseries will be located across the country, with the majority under this first phase of the scheme in the North and the Midlands.
Overall, the 300 school-based nurseries will provide an average of 20 places each and up to 6,000 new places in total, with up to 4,000 set to be available by the end of September.
It is not clear whether any of the 300 school-based nurseries will be using PVI providers to deliver the provision.
A total of £37 million has been made available by the DfE to fund the programme, which was first announced in the Labour party manifesto.
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