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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Labour wants graduate-led nurseries to fight inequality

A front-on photograph of Bridget Phillipson, who is looking away from the camera
‘We need to focus on early years because by the time children arrive at school that gap has already widened,’ says the shadow education secretary. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

More graduate teachers would be parachuted into nurseries under plans being considered by Labour to improve education for under-fours, the Guardian has learned.

There could also be more nursery places in primary school settings as the opposition works up proposals to drive up standards and formally integrate early years into the English education system.

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