The chain of academy nurseries, Poisson d’Avril, will receive Department for Education start-up funding of £18.7m.
Ministers believe that ‘school readiness’ is the key to children’s academic performance and they will be tested weekly on grammar, punctuation and quadratic equations.
There will be a strong focus on maths in Mandarin from the age of two.
The schools will be open from 6am to 8pm to cater for hard-working families.
Head teacher Amelie Blague told Nursery World, ‘Here there will be no children running around without purpose. We expect the enfants to sit up straight, be able to tie their own shoe laces and write their name in English, French and Mandarin before they are two.’
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