Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced plans to develop a network of "early years hubs" linking childcare settings and children's centres with primary schools across the capital.
Khan, who pledged to boost childcare provision in his mayoral campaign, sees hubs as a way to enhance links between early education and formal schooling, with the ultimate aim of improving the school readiness of pupils by increasing the uptake of free childcare places, which are low in many areas of the capital (see below).
The idea for hubs - initially developed in 2014 by former government education adviser Charlie Taylor - was discussed at the recent Mayor of London's Education Conference 2017.
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