Nursery schools have taken up the gauntlet thrown down by the Government and are racing ahead in the challenge to develop and extend their services.
Initiatives range from providing care for younger children and those with special educational needs to extending the nursery day and disseminating good practice.
Early years minister Cathy Ashton praised nursery schools at the Maintained Nursery Schools Conference earlier this year and stated, 'This Government is committed to the maintained nursery school sector. We are clear about the particular and vital role they can play in taking forward the ambitious agenda we are setting for the development of early childhood services in this country.'
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