Dearth of totplaces in city

PRESSURE on nursery places is greater in Londonderry than anywhere else in Northern Ireland with only four unfilled places left for the forthcoming academic year 2012/13.

By The Newsroom

Published 11th Jul 2012, 11:57 BST

Nearly everywhere else barring North Down (eight unfilled places) and East Belfast (nine unfilled places) the surplus is well into double figures.

But in Londonderry there are hardly any new extra places left for nursery age children requiring their first school place.

DUP MLA Peter Weir asked the Minister of Education John O’Dowd to detail the number of unfilled nursery places for the 2012/13 academic year, following the initial allocation of nursery placements, broken down by constituency.