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South Harrow school could add 60-place nursery if council agrees
A NURSERY class could be established at a South Harrow school where just 10 per cent of the youngest children have English as their mother tongue.
Roxbourne First School would offer 60 fully subsidised part-time places - half for the three-hour morning session and half for the afternoon session of the same duration - in a classroom currently occupied by Reception children.
Ninety-seven per cent of parents at the Torbay Road school supported the move and apparently the pupil advisory council at neighbouring Roxbourne Middle School unanimously agreed it was "a brilliant idea".
The first school said having its own nursery would provide "continuity" to teaching since 90 per cent of youngsters in the Reception class have English as a second language and the 2008 intake spoke 18 different foreign languages between them.
Harrow Council has identified that the south-west of the borough has experienced an increase in the number of families with children under the age of 5 but the availability of nursery places is still limited.
The authority's cabinet committee is scheduled to rubberstamp the plans this coming Thursday following the completion of the statutory consultations.
Councillors were told the new nursery would compliment a children's centre that is planned to open on the school site in March 2011.
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