Nursery World - Nursery backers on war footing

Childcarers and parents are being summoned to a 'council of war' to step up their campaign to prevent the closure of a local council nursery and one o'clock club. The local authority in the London Borough of Hackney decided on 24 June to shut the St John's Nursery, despite acknowledging that it has a full complement of 45 children and is located in a prime site in the centre of Hackney.

The local authority in the London Borough of Hackney decided on 24 June to shut the St John's Nursery, despite acknowledging that it has a full complement of 45 children and is located in a prime site in the centre of Hackney.

The council is also planning to close the 40-year-old Springfield One O'clock Club in the disadvantaged area of Clapton at the end of this month.

Parents and carers, who say they were given no warning that it was about to be axed, are seeking legal advice on what steps they can take to prevent it.

Janine Booth, on behalf of the St John's Nursery parents, said their meeting on 16 July 'will not be a rally or a debate, but a working meeting to form a council of war on behalf of our children'.

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