In the year that it celebrates the centenary of the UK’s first nursery school, the Rachel McMillan Nursery School and Children’s Centre in Deptford, the charity says that high quality early years education is increasingly at risk.
In the run-up to the local elections in May, the charity has launched a campaign to challenge local authorities on the cuts being made to maintained nursery schools and children’s centres.
It says that the number of nursery schools is declining - there are now 428, compared with 520 in 1999.
Early Education says that their closure represents “the worst of short-term thinking” and harms the youngest and most vulnerable children.
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