According to the survey of nursery schools, carried out by Pen Green for the All Parliamentary Party Group, 45 nursery schools believe they will be forced to close by July, while 67 per cent say they will be unsustainable if transitional funding provided by the Government until the end of this parliament finishes.
Last year, the Department for Education promised £55 million in transitional funding for nursery schools for the next two years to support them in transitioning to the new early years funding rate under the new funding formula.
Findings from the survey, which had a 75 per cent response rate and was presented during a meeting of the APPG on nursery schools yesterday, highlight the challenges faced by the country’s remaining 400 maintained nursery schools, including a lack of funding, cuts to children’s centre budgets and a loss of full-time places.
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