Countryside served by early excellence
Simon Vevers
Wednesday, January 30, 2002
New premises and the extension of childcare and education services into several disadvantaged rural areas were the promises held out by the Government as it unveiled a further nine Early Excellence Centres last week. Early years minister Catherine Ashton said the new centres bring the number nationally now to 58 and 'improved the spread across England, particularly in under-represented rural areas'. She gave details of the new centres when she visited the Lawns Nursery Centre at Biggleswade in Bedfordshire.
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