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Cuts Watch #31: Cuts in children’s early years services

3rd June 2010 — Filed under: Cuts Watch: Education

Nicola Smith Nicola Smith

In addition to cuts in the Government’s play strategy further details have emerged of cuts in spending on early years services. Nursery World reports that:

  • Every Child a Reader (a programme to support children with literacy difficulties) faces £5 million of cuts – and its future is not certain.
  • The Play Shaper programme, which encourages local authorities to consider children’s play when planning towns and cities, is being scaled back.
  • The Childcare for Training and Learning for Work programme, which provides up to £175 per week for low-income parents who want to access training to get back into work, is being cut by £10 million.
  • Buddying (a pilot scheme focusing on improving practice in early years services) and the 0-7 Partnership Scheme pilot (which is designed to ease children’s transition between early years and primary school) have been cut.

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