Nursery World - Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

Six projects designed to raise the attainment of disadvantaged
children from the age of two have been granted a share of £1m in
funding.

The money has been made available through a new Parental Engagement Fund from the Sutton Trust and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, a grant-making foundation.

All six projects are intended to help close the gap between the most and least advantaged children when they start school. They also build on the knowledge that involving parents in their children's learning is one of the most effective ways to improve outcomes.

One of the projects to win long-term backing is Peep into Pre-School by the charity Peeple, which will aim to tackle the low take-up of the funded two-year-old places within Oxford.

Another is the REAL project, which will provide practitioners in Oldham, Greater Manchester, with training to help parents undertake home learning activities to raise early achievement in literacy.

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