Great news for Boundstone and other maintained nurseries today - the Government will extend the supplementary funding paid to local authorities - by a sum of approximately £24 million - to enable them to fully-fund maintained nursery schools for the whole of the 2019/2020 academic year.
The wider question on the long-term future of these maintained nursery schools will be resolved during the next Spending Review. The full letter from Nadhim Zahawi, Children's Minister, can be read as an attachment below.
