An email on behalf of the Tillhouse Road nursery was sent out to parents at 7pm yesterday, telling them they are considering closing the baby room and restructuring the rest of the nursery’s provisions.

The closure of the baby room could be as soon as Friday, December 16.
A consultation period has now opened.

One parent, Kelly Keatley, said: “Obviously this is upsetting and frustrating as they are stating that the possibility is that the last day could be December 16 which gives us very little notice to find an alternative.

“It is supposed to be a consultation process but we wonder what that really means.

“They are making this decision without regard for the implications for working parents now in a position where they could be without childcare for January.”

…The nursery, part of Cranbrook Education Campus, consists of four rooms that currently cater from birth to five years.”