Out of the 49 schools involved in the trial for nursery places for two-year-olds, 26 will be given £10,000 each to promote the policy and support other schools to set-up and develop their own provision for disadvantaged twos.
However, 23 of the trial schools are not going on to become ‘champions’, but will continue to provide childcare places.
The ‘Two-year-olds in schools demonstration project’, was launched by the former education and childcare minster Elizabeth Truss, with the aim of encouraging more school-led nurseries.
Ms Truss announced the names of the schools taking part in the trial at the beginning of the year.
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