Nursery World - Nursery schools given hope of funding boost at APPG

Maintained nursery schools were told that the early years funding review would ‘allow them to flourish’ at the All Party Parliamentary Group meeting this week (13 July).

Childcare and education minister Sam Gyimah said that there had been a huge amount of structural change in the education system and that nursery schools had been forgotten about. ‘We are alive to the issue,’ he said, adding that the Government didn’t want to lose the expertise in practice and SEND provided by nursery schools, which he called ‘the jewels in the crown’ of the early years system.

‘We will make sure that the funding system reflects that,’ he said. ‘’Bear with us until the announcement is made. We want to work through it carefully and get it right to support different parts of the sector.’

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