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Chaired by Graham Stuart MP, former chair of the education select committee, the second meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Nursery Schools and Nursery Classes will hear from nursery school leaders and headteachers who say that nursery schools will be left in ‘an anomalous position’ as more schools convert to academies.
More than 370 nursery school representatives are expected to attend today's meeting.
The APPG itself has been set up to to highlight and protect the high quality education provided by the remaining 400 plus nursery schools, many of which are also models of training and good practice for the early years’ community.
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