A Glasgow mum has been having sleepless nights after being informed her four-year-old son’s nursery will probably be closing down in a number of months.
Help employee Jessica fears she’ll want to surrender her job to handle her baby after Little Students Nursery, situated inside the Langside campus at Glasgow Clyde College, informed mother and father they will not be open past July.
It is understood that the present supervisor is retiring.
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The 35-year-old mum has contacted quite a few nurseries throughout Glasgow solely to be informed there aren’t any areas accessible till 2024/2025.
With the rise in the price of dwelling, Jessica, who lives within the south side, says it will be troublesome for the household to outlive on her accomplice’s wage alone.
She informed Glasgow Dwell: “It’s a really critical scenario and unattainable to search out one other nursery within the south aspect or anyplace in Glasgow.
“If there’s no nursery for my son then I can’t work. We’re immigrants and don’t have household right here to assist us.
“I’ve phoned a variety of nurseries and dropped by to ask about areas and everyone says there’s no house till 2024/2025, it’s loopy.
“I’m so careworn and may’t sleep at night time. It’s an enormous downside and I do not know handle it.
“My son has a variety of pals from the nursery and may be very completely satisfied to go there. It’s very troublesome to maintain him at house as a result of he enjoys going to nursery so it will likely be an enormous downside for him.
“They solely informed us two months upfront and it’s quick discover, it’s not ok. We might’ve appreciated it in the event that they informed us a yr earlier than and gave us time to search out one other nursery.”
Glasgow Clyde Faculty stated the nursery is operated by an impartial contractor who’ve been leasing their constructing.
A spokesperson for the school stated: “Little Students Nursery is a privately owned nursery supplier they usually at present lease a constructing on the Langside Campus of Glasgow Clyde Faculty.
“The proprietor of Little Students Nursery has indicated to the Faculty that the enterprise will probably be closing on the finish of July 2023.
“The Faculty is dedicated to partaking a brand new non-public supplier to function childcare and training companies on the campus and a lot of events have already contacted the Faculty to register an curiosity in opening a Nursery inside the building0.
“The Faculty is at present discussing how greatest to convey the chance to take over the lease of the constructing to the open market in a good and clear method and hopes to be able to progress this matter as quickly a attainable.”
Little Students Nursery have been contacted for remark.
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