{"id":52794,"date":"2015-01-22T15:14:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=72e0c732ecc2b958c3c2cec8312e8ed9"},"modified":"2015-01-22T15:14:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T15:14:45","slug":"press-release-minister-praises-school-for-on-site-nursery-during-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=52794","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Minister praises school for on-site nursery during visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Toddlers benefiting from a Thamesmead pre-school operating from Willow Bank Primary School were visited by the Childcare Minister this morning (22 January 2015).<\/p>\n<p>Minister Sam Gyimah spent the morning at Toddles Wood Pre-School, which offers full-day care. The provision has worked in partnership with Willow Bank Primary School since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The childcare help on offer to parents starts from the earliest stage thanks to on-site midwifery provision. Many of the children attending the pre-school go on to join Willow Bank Primary School when they reach statutory school age.<\/p>\n<p>Willow Bank Primary School worked in partnership with Bexley Borough to provide a new purpose-built building in which to base Toddles Wood Pre-School and NHS midwifery services. <\/p>\n<p>The new building opened in September 2014 and now provides sessions for a total of 90 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds. <\/p>\n<p>The government is committed to ensuring that all families, wherever they live, have access to high-quality, flexible and affordable childcare. Since September 2013 all 3- and 4-year-olds and some 2-year-olds across England have been entitled to 15 hours of funded early education per week. <\/p>\n<p>Childcare Minister Sam Gyimah said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It was fantastic to meet young children who are blossoming in the Toddles Wood Pre-School. Young children really benefit from good-quality early years education.<\/p>\n<p>Children who get it go on to be better equipped to join school, so adding nursery provision helps schools in the long run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">No child should start school behind their peers. This is why as part of our plan for education we are committed to providing flexible, affordable and good-quality childcare, giving parents more choice about where they send their children.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There are 27 2-year-old children at Toddles Wood Pre-School, of which 23 receive 15 hours of free childcare through the government\u2019s 2-year-old offer, All 46 3-year-olds and 17 4-year-olds receive 15 hours of free childcare from the government.<\/p>\n<p>Although any primary school nursery is eligible for the funding, currently only 1% of funded 2-year-old places are delivered within a primary school setting. <\/p>\n<p>The minister was shown around the pre-school by Angela Barry, Executive Headteacher of the Woodland Academy Trust, accompanied by Jo Hayward, Headteacher of Willow Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Barry said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Thanks to the midwifery, pre-school and primary school, we are involved in families\u2019 lives from pre-birth until their child is 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">That joined-up approach has received really positive feedback from parents and we think that this is the way forward.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors<\/h2>\n<p>Toddles Wood Pre-School is one of 3 pre-schools operating within the Woodland Academy Trust. Northumberland Heath Primary School works in partnership with 4Children Daycare and Peareswood Primary School works in partnership with Howbury Pre-School. <\/p>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_997\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>DfE enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Central newsdesk<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7783 8300\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              0370 000 2288\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willow Bank Primary School has benefited from its partnership with Toddles Wood Pre-School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}