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<p>Since my appointment, I have held the following meetings and visits involving local
authority leaders, staff and parents regarding maintained nursery schools (MNS) and
local authority maintained nurseries.</p><p> </p><ul><li>The City Mayor of Salford,
nursery representatives and parents.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Mayor of Greater
Manchester.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Headteacher of Castle Vale Nursery School &
Children’s Centre, Birmingham.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Headteacher and staff at Lanterns
Nursery school, Winchester.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Headteacher and staff at Hindley
Nursery School, Wigan.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Headteacher and staff at Rothesay
Nursery School, Luton.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The All Party Parliamentary Group
for Nursery Schools and Nursery Classes.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My right
hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has visited and met with staff at Rothesay Nursery
School in Luton and Martenscroft Nursery school in Manchester. My right hon. Friend,
the Minister for School Standards held a roundtable with a group of headteachers to
discuss school funding, which was attended by the headteacher of Castle Vale Nursery
School.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that MNS are an important part of the early years
sector and make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most
disadvantaged children. We are providing around £60 million a year to local authorities
to enable them to maintain funding levels until at least 2020 and have commissioned
new research that will help us establish an evidence-base to inform long-term policy
for maintained nursery schools.</p><p> </p>
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