Nursery World - Early years chair joins closure fight

The acting chair of Hackney Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership (EYDCP) has urged councillors in the troubled London borough to save a local nursery facing closure. The Oranges and Lemons community nursery is set to close due to delays to the construction of a purpose-built nursery (News, 26 July). The council will not allow it to remain in temporary council-owned premises and has removed its grant. New temporary accommodation has been found at Burbage School and a registration and inspection officer has told Hackney EYDCP the premises are suitable, but the nursery will close unless the council restores its grant.

The Oranges and Lemons community nursery is set to close due to delays to the construction of a purpose-built nursery (News, 26 July). The council will not allow it to remain in temporary council-owned premises and has removed its grant. New temporary accommodation has been found at Burbage School and a registration and inspection officer has told Hackney EYDCP the premises are suitable, but the nursery will close unless the council restores its grant.

Last week acting Hackney EYDCP chair Mick Conway wrote to the council asking it to restore the grant. He wrote, 'The EYDCP is extremely anxious that existing places provided by Oranges and Lemons and other nurseries are maintained in order that substantial additional Department for Education and Skills (DfES) funding totalling over 3m can be accessed to create additional places.

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