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…
New nurseries
- 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
Expanding existing nurseries
- 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.
