Government assessing availability of pre-school places

Sat, 03 Feb 2018

The Children's Centre in Douglas

The Government says it's closely monitoring the availability of pre-school places after the Children's Centre announced it's ending some of its services.

From March, the charity will no longer be providing its early year's children's services.

The Department of Education, Sport and Culture and the Department of Health and Social Care is working to find out which providers have places available.

An initial assessment has found many providers will be able to take extra children in the pre-school age range, particularly in afternoon sessions.