Nursery World - London campus nursery set to close

The nursery at Goldsmiths College, University of London, at New Cross is the latest campus nursery earmarked for closure, after parents were told last month that it would shut in September.

The university says the 23-place setting, which provides childcare for staff and students, has been operating at a loss of £70,000 a year and was also subsidised by a further £80,000 once bills, overheads and staff costs were taken into account.

It says there is no other suitable building on campus and a new building would be unaffordable.

John Wadsworth, a senior lecturer in education, has proposed that prefabricated buildings could be set up on the campus, which would enable the nursery to expand the number of places it offers and open it up to parents in the local community.

Campaigners to save the nursery claim that the £70,000 a year subsidy figure is misleading.

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