Lead researcher, Dr Gillian Paull said the research suggests it ‘may be time to explore additional approaches for expanding nursery provision, by either supporting expansion of existing nurseries in schools or providing sufficient funding to encourage PVI settings to expand.’
The Government plans to create 3,334 new school-based nurseries, accommodating 100,000 additional childcare places, by converting classrooms left empty due to a decline in birth rates. It wants to focus on ‘under-served’ areas and to meet anticipated additional demand from the expansion of the funded hours.
According to the report, ‘Using spare capacity in schools for new nurseries: Do the numbers add up?’
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