Early Education provides the Secretariat to the APPG on nursery schools, nursery and reception classes.
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Details of future meetings will be posted here.
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ChairJames Daly MP
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Vice-ChairTheresa Villiers MP
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Vice-ChairIan Mearns MP
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SecretaryJack Dromey MP
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TreasurerSteve Brine MP
Latest news and campaign updates
Hundreds of school staff march on Downing Street to save nursery schools
Today (Tues 19 Oct), 150 representatives from maintained nursery schools in England will gather in London’s Parliament Square, alongside parents, …
Early Education and unions call for long-term MNS funding
Organisations representing Maintained Nursery Schools have joined together to warn the government that it must provide a long-term funding solution …
June 2021
Updated briefing for MPs
February 2021
Letter from the APPG Officers to the Chancellor
January 2021
Briefing on the impact of COVID-19 on the early years sector – safety concerns and funding
Papers from past meetings
The role of maintained nursery schools in supporting children’s recovery
- Read press release and survey report on the impact of cuts on supporting children with SEND
Additional resources
The unique and added value of Birmingham’s maintained nursery schools, May 2019
Hidden Value: A report exploring the role and future of maintained nursery schools in London, London Councils, September 2018
State of the nation 2016: social mobility in Great Britain – report of the Social Mobility Commission, including commentary on the value of maintained nursery schools in supporting social mobility
Government plans will reallocate nursery funding from poorer to richer children – and no one seems to notice – blog by Kitty Stewart and Ludovica Gambaro
Maintained Nursery Schools: the State of Play was launched in March 2015 at a parliamentary reception hosted by Graham Stuart MP and supported by MPs of all parties.