Nursery school reprieved

By Laura Marcus, Nursery World, 4 June 2008

An award-winning nursery school has been saved from closure after consultation with the local community.

Clervaux Nursery School was due to be merged with Jarrow Cross Primary in South Tyneside under the local authority's proposals, 'Transforming Our Schools' (News, 27 September 2007). The nursery school opened in 1945 and won an International School award three years ago from the British Council for Education and Training - one of only 127 schools out of 26,500 nationally to win the accolade. The decision not to close Clervaux was made at a council meeting on 27 May, days after it received its fourth...

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