Issues in the development of children's centres on nursery and primary school sites

Educational Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-445

  Lewis, Jane ^a   Finnegan, Cathy ^a   West, Anne ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Children's centres; Early years education; Governance; Nursery schools; Primary schools; Sure start

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051883043     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2010.539668     Document Type: Article

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