The NDNA said private, voluntary and independent day nurseries should beused, rather then sending children to school at four years of age.
Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the NDNA said, 'With an average of79.5% occupancy and around 15,500 UK day nurseries, there arepotentially thousands of places available for four-year-olds in daynurseries.'
The NDNA also said a later school start would benefit children born insummer.
In response to the Primary Review, schools secretary Ed Balls said thatparents worried that their child was too young to start school couldaccess 25 hours of free childcare instead.
The review said that summer-born children should start reception classin September after their fourth birthday rather than the Januaryfollowing, and added that children might start school part-time (News,30 April).
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