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EYSFF 'hits nursery school funds'

One of Sheffield's three council-run nursery schools is to merge with a primary school and lack of funding has put the future of the other two in doubt.

Sheffield council is to decide whether to merge Birley Community NurserySchool with Birley Primary School. The council says the introduction ofthe Early Years Single Funding Formula has resulted in a significantreduction in funding available for the nursery schools.

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