Eleven schools across south London will receive new funding to provide new nursery places to help parents struggling with the cost of childcare, writes Frankie Hills…
The government has announced that the services are designed to help with the costs associated of childcare and better support working parents.
The £45 million investment will create thousands of new nursery places in areas identified as having the biggest barriers in childcare provision. More than three hundred schools across the country will benefit from the scheme, including a total of 34 in London and 11 in South London.
The expansion of the government programme comes as it aims to meet its pledge on providing free childcare to working families.
Speaking on the introduction of school-based nurseries, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said: “By targeting new nursery places in the areas that need them most, including across London, we are making sure more families can access high-quality early education close to home.”
Schools which are due to receive the funding to establish school-based nurseries are as follows:
Lewisham
- Kender Primary School (Lewisham North)
- Myatt Garden Primary School (Lewisham North)
- St George’s CofE Primary School (Lewisham West and East Dulwich)
- St James’s Hatcham Church of England Primary School (Lewisham North)
Wandsworth
- Eastwood Nursery School (Putney)
- Franciscan Primary School (Tooting)
Bexley
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- Fairford Academy Barnehurst (Bexleyheath and Crayford)
- Mayplace Primary School (Bexleyheath and Crayford)
- Pelham Primary School (Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Bromley
- Harris Primary Academy Orpington (Orpington)
Croydon
- Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School (Croydon South)
Merton
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (Wimbledon)
