Storal Learning took the decision to shut its Honeytree Day Nursery & Pre-school in Weston-Super-Mare to the majority of parents for good last weekend after repeated short-term closures due to staff shortages.
The setting is staying open to parents who work at the nearby Weston General Hospital until 31 March to give them time to find alternative provision.
According to Storal, the nursery had become increasingly reliant on agency staff which was ‘an unsustainable strategy in the long-term’.
Managing director Ashwin Grover said, ‘With a very heavy heart we came to the decision to close on Saturday - we decided that if we stayed open, we would experience further closures and this wouldn’t be fair to families or staff.
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