Delivering his first public speech at a Policy Exchange event on pre-school provision in schools, the childcare and education minister Sam Gyimah said, ‘We want to see schools teaming up with PVI nurseries, sharing the best ways to work.
‘That way, families can have the flexibility of private nurseries and the expertise of schools. The best of both worlds.’
Mr Gyimah went on to say that working in partnership with private, voluntary and independent settings would also solve the problem of a lack of space in some schools to offer childcare, as well as guarantee the sustainability of small local PVI settings.
The childcare and education minister also said that through partnership working, schools could learn from the very best PVI providers, particularly when it comes to disadvantaged two-year-olds.
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