Faced with cuts to its Government funding, Tower Hamlets Council is due to consult on proposals to close its last remaining local authority nurseries, which it says cost about three times more than the average spent on a child by the service. According to the council, the nurseries cost £15,000 per child or £1.5m a year.
Under the proposals, Mary Sambrook Nursery - a standalone setting - would close at the end of next month, John Smith Nursery in December and Overland Nursery, which has a specialist deaf unit, in the first half of 2019. Both John Smith and Overland nurseries are based in children’s centres.
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