Kiddi Caru, which is operated by Grandir UK, has confirmed that families who use the 91-place Walnut Tree setting have been given temporary places at its nearby Kiddi Caru site in Caldecotte (89–place setting) and its Head Start Day Nursery in Milton Keynes Village (39-place setting), while alternative space has been found at a local community centre to take children from next week.
Due to the fire causing ‘significant damage’ to Kiddi Caru’s Walnut Tree nursery, Grandir UK estimates it could take 12-18 months before the setting can be rebuilt and re-opened to children.
A spokesperson for Grandir UK said that the priority over the coming weeks is to find a suitable permanent facility to provide care for all the children that attended the Walnut Tree nursery, which caught on fire on Tuesday when a red weather alert for extreme heat was in place for much of the country.
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