Nursery World - Nursery schools launch national fight for funding

A nationwide campaign calling for the long-term funding of maintained nursery schools launches today.

Nursery schools want the Government to provide a long-term and secure funding settlement for them in the spending review in the autumn.

The summit at Birmingham city council follows a protest in March, which involved 700 nursery school heads, staff and governors marching on Downing Street to deliver a letter to the Chancellor.

Birmingham has 27 maintained nursery schools in the city, the highest number by local authority in the country.

The national campaign is backed by MPs Jack Dromey and Lucy Powell, who are speaking at the event. Also attending are the teaching unions NAHT and the NEU, as well as nursery school headteachers, parents and campaigners. They will also hear from children from Castle Vale Nursery School.

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