The petition has been signed by 2,000 school leaders, staff and educators from almost every maintained nursery school (MNS) in the country.
The march was organised by school leaders’ union the National Association of Head Teachers, with the National Education Union, Early Education and Unison.
Nursery schools say they have been waiting for a long-term funding solution since 2017, when the new early years funding formula left them under threat of closure.
While the Government has said it recognises their value, and has stepped in with extra interim funding, campaigners say that without a long term funding, nursery school have been left ‘in limbo’, unable to plan, and with their future uncertain.
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