The Maxilla Nursery School in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea has been told by the local authority that it intends to close the setting on 31 December. A public notice to close the 52-place nursery school published earlier this month said that all children currently attending it would be offered places 'as far as possible with parental preferences' in nursery classes and at another nursery school in the borough, 'where provision for the under-fives will be expanded, in line with Government policy'.
The nursery school, which opened in 1978 as part of a combined centre offering high-quality education and daycare to children aged nought to five in a poor part of the borough, is the only nursery school in the borough to provide free nursery education all year round, as well as extended daycare facilities for under-fives.
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