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Counting the cost of nursery school
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The Government's nursery voucher scheme has been launched with
much fanfare and self-congratulations, but parents cannot afford to
be complacent and assume that their child will automatically have a
nursery school place of their choice. The voucher scheme is to be
welcomed, but in many cases parents could find themselves out of
pocket.
The voucher scheme begins in Norfolk, and in the London boroughs
of Westminster,Wandsworth, Kensington and Chelsea next April, and
is due to be in opera...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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Leading Article: Do not `review' vouchers for asylum-seekers; abolish them
The Independent - London
; BILL MORRIS, the Transport and General Workers' Union leader, has conceded too cheaply on the question of vouchers for asylum-seekers. For a handful of coins - a tiny amendment to the regulations that will allow asylum-seekers to receive small amounts of cash in change for Home Office vouchers - he
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Shephard rejects nursery voucher scheme
The Independent - London
; Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education, reopens the row in the Government over the funding of nursery education in an interview published today. She appears to dismiss the idea of a voucher scheme endorsed by Jonathan Aitken, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who is responsible for
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Letter: Tory subsidy for voucher scheme
The Independent - London
; Sir: Judith Judd reports that the nursery voucher scheme has created 800 new local education authority places and 285 private and voluntary sector ones ("Schools cram in nursery voucher scheme children", 14 November). Ministers state that the places have been created as a direct result of the
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Postive response to voucher scheme.(Business)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; DUNGANNON'S traders are celebrating record sales achieved over the summer months thanks to a new shopping voucher scheme. This incentive was launched by Dungannon Regeneration Partnership and the local Chamber of Trade. The voucher booklet was aimed at attracting visitors and shoppers to the town
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Vouching for nurseries
The Independent - London
; All four-year-olds whose parents wish it should have free nursery places by September next year, David Blunkett, the Secretary of State for Education promised yesterday. Mr Blunkett announced that the nursery voucher scheme would end this September but that the Government would continue to
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