UK Education

   Although parents of children under the age of compulsory school age of school (kindergarten) is not required to pay tuition fees, many children are enrolled in private and voluntary pre-school institutions, which require payment of fees. Now the government is expanding and developing early education, public-funded, cooperating with private and voluntary sectors. Neighborhood pre-school education, participating in the early development and early child care, finances all the pre-school education according to the formula of total costs (FOZ), the money they receive from the MOU. The amount for each student depends on the MOU (DON, 2003). In England, all 4-year-olds and almost all 3-year-old children receive a free place for pre-school education.

   Age and a group of children

   In England, children attending day-care centers are located in age from 3 to 5 years. In Northern Ireland - from 2 to 4 years. They may be debundled in accordance with age, depending on the number of students and size of classrooms.