The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) found that 72 more nurseries closed between September 2022 to September 2023, which is a 50 per cent rise compared with the previous year.
This research takes place amid the government's planned expansion of funded childcare places, which is due to be implemented from April next year.
The research highlighted that closures are more likely to take place in areas with the greatest levels of deprivation. In the last academic year, 14.5 per cent of nursery closures were in the 10 per cent most deprived areas of England, up from 12.7 per cent in 10 per cent most deprived areas the previous year.
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