The research - based on closures reported directly to the NDNA, its membership database, and publicly available information – has been released as evidence ahead of a debate in Parliament tomorrow on the impact of Covid on new parents and childcare.
Based on the information available for analysis, the findings show that 232 nurseries closed between 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021. The report says this is a 35 per cent increase on the previous financial year when 172 nurseries closed.
According to its analysis, the NDNA says the number of closed nurseries equates to a loss of more than 11,000 childcare places.
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