Phase one of Kent County Council's four-year plan to increase the number of nursery units attached to primary schools from 35 to 70 by 2006 has seen the launch of ten new units in the most deprived wards of the county - Dartford, Ashford, Dover, Thanet, Folkestone and Swale - all of which are due to open before the end of the year.
Tanya Foy, nursery teacher at Vale View Nursery, a new 52-place unit in Dover due to open in September, said that there had been 'a lot of positive feedback from the community'. She added that there was still a 'huge demand for early education in the area', despite the fact that there are many private providers in Dover.
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