Thirty-nine neighbourhood nurseries will be created with a further 6m of lottery cash from the New Opportunities Fund. London, the south-west and north-east have each been awarded more than Pounds 1m. In Oxford the Slade Nursery School is to have an additional 45 places following a 221,334 award to Oxfordshire County Council. The nursery will eventually have a large outdoor play area and increased family support services for the community. Marjorie Evans, chair of the local Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership, said, 'A freestanding nursery school as an integrated centre for foundation education, care for nought- to five-year-old children and family support has been on the EYDCP, LEA and school's agenda for five years.'
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