A city that has suffered a spate of closures of nurseries and primary schools recently because of surplus places, is celebrating the opening of a £4m maintained nursery school, training and research centre.
Nottingham Nursery School and Training Centre, designed to be a beacon of excellence, has been built in Radford, Nottingham, as part of council proposals to solve the problem of empty places at nursery and primary schools in the city. In 2006 there were 1,400 places for primary school pupils and only 840 children, amid predictions that the number of children would fall to 748 by 2009 - a 46 per cent surplus of places.
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