Speaking ahead of a visit to Loanhead Community Nursery in Midlothian, Scottish Labour Leader Kezia Dugdale pledged to set up a Fair Start Fund to help pupils and nursery children in a bid to close the achievement gap between ‘the richest and the rest’.
The fund, which would be the equivalent of England’s Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP), would see nurseries receive £300 per child to support them to reach their development goals and secure a bright future. Labour believes that around 20,000 three- and four-year-olds would benefit.
Labour has already pledged to set up a Fair Start Fund, which would see school heads given an extra £1,000 a year to spend for every pupil that comes from a deprived background.
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