§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the maintained nursery schools that have closed in(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) 1999–2000. [119198]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 14 April 2000]: The maintained nursery schools that have closed in the academic years 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000 are listed in the following table. There are no proposals for nursery school closure currently under consideration as far as the Department is aware. All the nursery school closures were linked to the establishment of alternative nursery units at other schools except one where the nursery school was closed as there were surplus nursery places in the area. Since 1997, four new nursery schools have been established.
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Nursery school closures for years 1997–98,1998–99,1999–2000 LEA name School name September 1997-August 1998 Cheshire Hilary Howarth County Nursery School1 Kirklees Saville Town Nursery School2 Leeds Hunslett Nursery School2 North Tyneside North Shields Nursery School2 Northumberland Ashington Hirst North Nursery2 Salford Dorning Street Nursery School2 Salford High Bank Nursery2 Salford London Street Nursery School2 Salford The Lakes Nursery School2 Sandwell Cradley Heath Nursery School2
Nursery school closures for years 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 LEA name School name Staffordshire Dragon Square Nursery School2 Stockton on Tees Billingham Nursery School2 Stoke on Trent Meir Nursery School2 Stoke on Trent Abbey Hulton Nursery School2 Sunderland St. Colomba's Nursery School2 September 1998-August 1999 Durham Clarence Nursery School2 Manchester Mayfair Nursery School22 Manchester Barnes Green Nursery School2 Manchester Gresty Nursery School2 Manchester Shakespeare Nursery School2 Slough William Penn Nursery School22 Southampton Aldermoor Early Years Centre2 South Tyneside Elizabeth Diamond Nursery2 September 1999 onwards Derby City Beechwood Nursery School2, 3 Nursery schools established since September 1997 Croydon Thornton Heath Early Years Centre Croydon Selhurst Day Care Centre Wolverhampton Bilston Nursery Wakefield Sandal Agbrigg Pre-5 Centre 1 Nursery school closed as there were surplus places in the nearby nursery unit at Lache Primary School 2 Closures linked to establishment of nursery units at neighbouring schools 3 Proposals in italics have yet to be implemented