Sutton and Merton councils have written to headteachers and other early years practitioners, with Sutton warning them that they would be in breach of equal opportunities legislation if they rejected children who are not toilet-trained.
A spokesman for Merton council said, 'We sent out a letter in July after being made aware of concerns among parents that some nurseries had said they could not take children who are not toilet-trained.' The letter, sent to all schools with nursery classes in both the maintained and non-maintained sectors, was from Trevor Cook, head of the council's special needs division, Janet Yerbury, head of child policy and pupil services, and Ruth Dawson, chair of Merton Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership.
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