Derby councillors are due to decide on the future of Ashgate Nursery School, which it runs
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The authority said Ashgate had suffered from the combined impact of the Covid pandemic and reducing numbers of children on roll.A city council report said the number of pupils, aged two to four, had dropped from 96 in summer 2019 to 79 in summer 2022. Unison Derby City branch secretary Becky Everett said: "From the very beginning, school staff have told us that the closure felt like a foregone conclusion, and they were incredibly fearful for their future.
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