Nursery World - Making life easier

The stressful job of working parents who co-ordinate journeys between childcare settings is being eased by a unique project. Catherine Gaunt reports Many working parents face a daily dilemma of co-ordinating childcare, but a pilot project in York aims to make life simpler. York's project, called 'A Shared Foundation for Children', is pioneering a model of mixed wraparound care, giving parents a choice of early years education, play and childcare for their children.

Many working parents face a daily dilemma of co-ordinating childcare, but a pilot project in York aims to make life simpler. York's project, called 'A Shared Foundation for Children', is pioneering a model of mixed wraparound care, giving parents a choice of early years education, play and childcare for their children.

At the core is York Local Education Authority's plan to implement a standardised schools admissions policy by September 2003. Children whose fifth birthday falls between 1 September and 31 December will start formal full-time education at the beginning of the autumn term, while those whose fifth birthday falls between 1 January and 31 August will start in January, at the beginning of the spring term.

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