City schools sign up for Labour's nursery places expansion plan

Leeds schools are taking part in a pilot programme which aims to create hundreds of nurseries created in state primary schools across the UK.

- by Charles Brown

With school now back in session for learners across the country there will be more than 4,000 new primary school-based nursery places available.

The Government says phase one of its school-based nurseries programme is well on track, with 189 of 300 state-funded new or expanded nurseries set to be up and running by the end of this month.

Yesterday, it announced it would be expanding it with a further £45m of funding to build an additional 300 school-based nurseries which will be open by September 2026.

Interested schools will be able to apply for their share-up to £150,000 each - from September 22, with the successful applicants to be announced next April.