The government has announced that 300 new nurseries will be created in England, but when will they open, will there be one near you and where will the staff come from. Here's what we know so far
Hundreds of new nurseries are to open in schools in the next 12 months the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said. The nurseries will be opened in empty classrooms in state schools in England. And the aim is to open 300 before September 2025.
Previously, only working parents of three and four year olds received 30 hours of free childcare from the government. But by September next year, children of working parents from nine months up will be entitled to the funded care. Photo credit : Photo by Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock When and where will the new nurseries be opening? We're not sure where the nurseries will be yet. Schools can apply for funding to create nurseries in empty classrooms from next month. They will need to show how their proposals meet the need in their local area. Successful schools will then get the funding in spring 2025.
It says they will take learnings from the first phase to ensure the ‘programme is delivered in a way that will benefit all parents and children’. And also, see how they can best support areas that don’t have enough nurseries currently. Are schools happy about the plans? Bridget Phillipson said: 'There’s real enthusiasm to deliver more nursery classes within primaries from schools themselves and from school leaders.''Often for parents who have already got children in school it’s incredibly convenient to be able to drop off your child at the same place,' she said. 'But also the connections a school can build, the progress a child can make when they are there for the year ahead of starting at school.
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