Making connections with existing providers and the local authority is key to schools offering the places. This was the case in Liverpool, when the council invited Everton Nursery School and Family Centre to pilot two-year-old places in the school. The Family Centre is a phase one children's centre under the governance of Everton Nursery School governing body and has an integrated nursery school and daycare provision on-site, offering care and education for up to 214 children from birth to five years.
The centre's staff jumped at the council's invitation, as they identified many children entering their Early Years Foundation Stage with levels of development well below those expected for their age nationally. They felt more could be done to address this earlier.
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