Their joint submission sets out the need for long-term funding to ensure the 385 remaining maintained nursery schools in England, which care for 40,000 children, can remain sustainable. Four more nursery schools have been forced to close in the past 12 months due to insufficient funding.
The submission comes ahead of a planned march on Downing Street on 19 October, where school leaders, staff and parents will call on the Chancellor directly to address the issue of maintained nursery school funding as part of the upcoming spending review.
The letter to education secretary Nadhim Zahawi states, ‘Knowing that you are familiar with the challenges facing maintained nursery schools from your previous role as minister for children and families, we hope that we can rely on the support you articulated then for resolving their funding situation and that you will make the case strongly to the Treasury.
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