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Local Government Association

24 October 2018

Future of maintained nurseries and support for children with special needs at risk - LGA survey

https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/future-maintained-nurseries-and-support-children-special-needs-risk-lga-survey

The Mirror

24 October 2018

'Grave concerns' about future of council-run nurseries and support for special needs pupils as Tories refuse to guarantee vital funding

Council-run nurseries will lose almost £60m a year from 2020 unless action is taken

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/grave-concerns-future-council-run-13468299

The Guardian

22 October 2018

The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils, has also highlighted the threat to support for the 5,000 youngest children with SEND in maintained nursery schools.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/23/petition-special-needs-funding-cuts-children-disabilities

TES

5 October 2018

Exclusive: SEND cuts 'breaking' nursery schools

More than a third of maintained nursery schools have less funding for SEND pupils than last year, research shows
https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-send-cuts-breaking-nursery-schools

The Independent

16 September 2018

Cross-party MPs call on government to take ‘urgent action’ to stop nursery school closures

‘Ability of nurseries to provide support for vulnerable children is being seriously undermined’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/nursery-schools-funding-cuts-closures-austerity-cross-party-mps-letter-ministers-a8540046.html

The Observer

16 September 2018

Cross-party effort to save nursery schools

Almost 400 schools are at risk after extra government funding runs out at the end of next year

 

 

The Guardian

31 January 2017

Nursery schools: "What society gives children less chance than their parents?"

Homerton early years centre, Cambridge, part of the original nursery schools movement, opened in 1940. Now it is at risk of closure.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/31/nursey-school-children-early-years-education

 

The Guardian

27 January 2017

My child blossomed at a state nursery – we can't let these places close. With 57% of maintained nursery schools rated ‘outstanding’, it seems madness for them to face cuts. If anything, their remit ought to be extended. https://www.theguardian.com/education/commentisfree/2017/jan/27/child-state-nursery-school

 

The Guardian

24 January 2017

Survey finds maintained nursery schools, which often target children from difficult backgrounds, face "death by a thousand cuts" as funding crisis hits.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/24/one-in-10-nursery-schools-in-england-face-closure-over-next-few-months

 

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BBC2 Victoria Derbyshire

18 November 2016

 

Lucy Powell Labour MP for Manchester Central and Ruth Mercer Head Teacher of Robert Owen Nursery School in Greenwich talk about the issue facing State Maintained Nursery Schools and why they are so crucial.

Discussion is 48mins in to the programme.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b082wqg4/victoria-derbyshire-18112016

Nursery World

18 November 2016

 

"Nursery school campaigners are calling for sector-wide backing and government rethink on funding reforms after their online petition tipped the 14,000 mark in just over a fortnight."

 

http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1159570/petition-calls-for-nursery-schools-funding-cut-rethink

Mirror

17 November 2016

 

"Multiple studies have shown the single most effective institution for creating social mobility is not the grammer school but local authority nursery schools - known as 'maintained' nurseries."

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nurseries-first-test-theresa-mays-9282192#ICID=sharebar_twitter

Children & Young People Now

11 October 2016

 

"There are around 400 nursery schools across England. According to Ofsted, 60 per cent of these are rated as "outstanding", compared with 17 per cent of nurseries and 13 per cent of childminders."

 

http://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/2002574/nursery-school-funding-set-for-shake-up

Mirror

22 Sept 2016

 

Russell Hobby, NAHT general secretary, contrasted the crisis with Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to open a new wave of grammar schools.

He said:“In contrast to grammar schools, high quality nursery education is a proven method of helping the most disadvantaged families.

“It is inexplicable that a government serious about social mobility would focus on one at the expense of the other.

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nursery-schools-could-forced-shut-8883296

ITV Report     22 September

 

The government are brick by brick dismantling many of the educational achievements of the coalition government. Evidence shows that solid progress in the nursery sector does more for social mobility than selection at 11 but yet again ideology trumps evidence.

This lethal combination of haphazard planning and prejudice will decimate one of the most treasured and valued sectors of our educational system.

– EDUCATION SPOKESMAN FOR LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, JOHN PUGH

 

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-09-22/30-hour-free-childcare-threatens-hundreds-of-nurseries/

 

Valerie Daniel, headteacher of Washwood Heath Nursery School in Birmingham said beyond the transitional funding, the government has "no plans to secure their future".

This will lead to a massive loss for nursery schools, with larger settings potentially losing more than £200,000 from their current budgets, which have already been hit by local budget cuts. I fear that a significant loss to maintained nursery budgets will create a ripple effect on safeguarding the most vulnerable children in the region.