Nursery World - Affordable care is scarce for students

Student parents starting college this term are worried about how they are going to pay for childcare, the Daycare Trust said last week.

The charity is carrying out a review into the childcare concerns ofparents on further education courses, funded by the Elizabeth NuffieldFoundation and due to be published in December.

The Trust wants to find out how much funding is available for childcarefor adult learners, after receiving calls from parents looking forhelp.

It carried out a consultation with a group of students from the Collegeof North East London and found many of them struggled to get a place atthe campus nursery, which was their first choice.

Researcher Aoife Fitzpatrick said, 'High-quality childcare on campus wasa huge help. Overwhelmingly they were very positive about thesetting.'

One parent said, 'They're doing a good job here, but the number ofpeople applying to this nursery is more than the number of places theyhave.'

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