Nursery World - On a shoestring - community nurseries

With subsidised fees, community nurseries are able to make childcare more accessible. But they need secure funding, says Anne Wiltsher

With subsidised fees, community nurseries are able to make childcare more accessible. But they need secure funding, says Anne Wiltsher

If you want to experience genuine anger at how little early years care and education is valued in the UK, you need look no further than the new DfEE good practice guide for Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships on community nurseries. It features potted profiles of some of the 256 community nurseries in England. If healthcare or compulsory schooling for the less well-off were financed in this hand-to-mouth way, there would be a national outcry.

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