Headteachers representing 251 maintained nursery schools will today lobby their MP before marching on Downing Street to deliver a letter to the Chancellor demanding the Treasury fully fund nursery schools for the long-term.
The letter warns that there is a real possibility nursery schools will close without a long-term funding solution. And without these settings, there will be a ‘terrible costs to social fabric and the wider education system’.
The event has been organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Nursery Schools, Nursery and Reception Classes and school leaders’ union NAHT.
It comes ahead of the Spring Statement on Wednesday, which nursery schools say represents an opportunity for the Chancellor Philip Hammond to signal his intent in committing to funding in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
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