Nursery World - Council seeks to extend age range to two years at primary schools following nursery closures

Two primary schools in Crewe are planning to take children from aged two after their on-site nurseries run by a private provider closed suddenly.

Pebble Brook Primary School Crewe PHOTO: Google

The National Day Nurseries Association has raised concerns about the impact on childcare provision in the area, and said it represented a failure of Government policy.

Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the NDNA said, ‘These two good nurseries – part of a group of five which closed down in the area in November – were unable to pay their staff wages bill. This has led to two primary schools applying to take children from age two. This represents the failure of government childcare policy.’

Since 2007 full daycare provision on the two primary school sites had been provided by a third-party, most recently Reach for the Stars Ltd.

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