Last Thursday, one day after the close of the consultation into the future of the six nursery schools, Warwickshire County Council announced that it would recommend that all of them remain open and be allowed to work towards Centre of Excellence status. This would see them offer training and support to other settings.
The council's cabinet will consider the outcome of the consultation on 22 July, but supporters of the nursery schools are confident that councillors will back the recommendation to save them.
The consultation took place in May and June, looking at three possible options for the settings - Atherstone Early Years Centre, Bedworth Heath Nursery School and Children's Centre, Kenilworth Children's Centre and Nursery School, Stockingford Early Years Centre, Warwick Children's Centre and Nursery School, and Whitnash Nursery School.
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