Little Hulton Day Nursery, Winton Day Nursery, Barton Moss Day Nursery, Belvedere Day Nursery and Higher Broughton Day Nursery, which provide 327 places for children and employ 106 members of staff between them, all face closure as Salford City Council looks to plug a combined early years services budget gap of £1.75m.
The council is to run a formal 90-day consultation from 26 February until 28 May 2018, and the authority has said it would welcome proposals for solutions from both the voluntary and private sectors.
In a letter to parents, the council said it was ‘committed to supporting anyone who has alternative, affordable proposals to keep the nurseries open.’
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