Nursery World - Pen Green Children's Centre vows to secure 'much needed funding'

Pen Green children’s centre has said it will continue to push for the funding it needs to continue operating, after the council redistributed money from its budget to prop it up, alongside three other maintained nursery schools.

Pen Green Children's Centre in Corby was concerned it would be forced to close if a council proposal to withdraw 78 per cent of its funding went ahead PHOTO Pen Green

While the funding promised by North Northamptonshire Council to Pen Green is more than originally planned for 2022/23 at £350,000, it still represents a reduction of hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Earlier in the week, the council announced it would use £650,000 from its contingency budget to share between Pen Green - the first-ever Sure Start created - and three other maintained nursery schools, giving them a temporary reprieve so they can continue operating into the next financial year.

It comes after the local authority proposed axing £520,000 from Pen Green, 78 per cent of its funding, for 2022/23 to prop up its three other maintained nursery schools – Highfield, Croyland and Ronald Tree. A move which Pen Green, an award-winning setting, said would lead to its closure.

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