Grants now available for pre-school training

10:47am Tuesday 7th August 2001

PARENTS can claim grants worth up to £396 per term to pay for pre-school sessions.

It is available for parents whose child is three years old by September 1.

The grant can be used for sessions at pre-school playgroups, private nurseries and school nursery classes, for up to five two-hour sessions a week, 11 weeks a term.

To be eligible, children need to be attending the nursery or pre-school on or before September 20, 2001.

In the past year, 95 per cent of all four-year-olds and 88 per cent of all three year olds in Greenwich received a grant for early education sessions.

For more information, call the Greenwich Children's Information Service on 020 8921 6921.