Around 1,000 children’s centres have closed since 2009, twice as many as officially acknowledged, an education charity has claimed. The Sutton Trust said that official government figures, which show a 14 per cent drop in centre numbers from 3,632 to 3,123 between August 2009 and October 2017, are out of date and inaccurate.
Based on a survey of 124 councils, carried out in autumn last year, the charity said this is likely to be a big underestimate because there is no clear definition of a “children’s centre” and official data does not keep up with closures announced locally. Read more.
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