Sharon Alexander, owner of the Rosy Apple Childcare group of five settings, will open the doors of her children’s centre nursery Little Achievers@Ribbleton, in Lancashire, for the last time on Friday (8 March).
Ms Alexander said that the shortfall in funding, along with high rental, service costs and other rising costs means that she can no longer afford to keep the setting open.
The 66-place term-time only nursery opened in 2006 and was the first PVI setting in a children’s centre in Lancashire. It provides care for children from the age of two.
Ms Alexander said all children and staff are able to transfer to the group’s two other settings in Preston, which are owned rather than rented.
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