New and expanded school nurseries for South East

Nearly two dozen primary schools in the South East will get new or expanded on-site nurseries under a £37m government scheme.

Schools in England were invited to apply for funding to create new nurseries or add additional places at their current offerings.

A total of 23 schools across Kent, Surrey and Sussex have been awarded funds.

The new and expanding nurseries are based at the following schools...

• Beacon Hill Primary School, Hindead, Surrey
• Brookwood Primary School, Woking, Surrey
• Chyngton School, Lewes, East Sussex
• Horsted Infant School, Chatham, Kent
• John Mayne Church of England Primary School, Ashford, Kent
• Little Common School, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
• Loose Primary School, Maidstone, Kent
• Pashley Down Infant School, Eastbourne, East Sussex
• Pevensey and Westham CofE Primary School, Pevensey, East Sussex
• Shawley Community Primary Academy, Reigate, Surrey
• St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Crawley, West Sussex
• St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School, Guildford, Surrey
• Tenterden Infant School, Tenterden, Kent
• West Ashtead Primary Academy, Ashtead, Surrey
• West Green Primary School, Crawley, West Sussex
• Westmeads Community Infant School, Canterbury, Kent
• White Meadows Primary Academy, Littlehampton, West Sussex

• All Faiths Children's Academy, Rochester, Kent
• Cedar Children's Academy, Rochester, Kent
• Darley Dene Primary School, Addlestone, Surrey
• Greenfields Community Primary School, Maidstone, Kent
• Guildford Grove Primary School, Guildford, Surrey
• Hillcroft Primary School, Caterham, Surrey

Overall, there are 300 schools across England creating new or expanded nurseries under the scheme.

It comes as the government recently announced the rollout of 30 government-funded hours of childcare from September, which it said would save parents up to £7,500 on average.

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