Nursery World - Government urged to find funding solution to save nursery schools

A new report warns that if London's nursery schools, whose future is under threat, close then it will be detrimental to thousands of vulnerable children.

Published by London Councils, the report reveals that maintained nursery schools (MNS) in over a third of boroughs in the capital may be threatened with closure if the Government doesn’t provide additional funding.

It is based upon interviews with headteachers and senior staff from 19 of London's 80 maintained nursery schools between March and May this year.

The majority of headteachers said that if they did manage to keep their nursery school open it would be because they were accepting fewer children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), or by significantly reducing the support available to these children.

Of those interviewed, most said between 20 and 30 per cent of children in their setting had SEND.

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