The first phase of the West Yorkshire city's children's centre programme, set to be completed by May, will see 23 children's centres servicing families in the city's most disadvantaged wards.
The council plans to open a further 43 children's centres - 23 in the 30 per cent most disadvantaged areas by 2008 and 20 in the 70 per cent more advantaged areas by 2010. The council said that by 2010, it is likely that 'one in every four to six' primary schools will have a children's centre functioning on site. The remaining schools will be developing 'flexible childcare services as part of the children's centre hub delivery point'.
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