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<p>Between 1 January 2015 and 1 January 2020[1], 25 maintained nursery schools have
closed. The table below sets out the number of outright closures and closures in order
to merge with another school (amalgamation) in each of the past five years.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maintaned
nursery schools that have closed</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maintaned
nursery schools that have closed for amalgamation</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>[1] This data has been taken from Get Information about Schools (GIAS, the
Department’s register of schools). Responsibility for updating GIAS is shared between
the Department, schools, and local authorities and therefore we cannot guarantee the
accuracy of this data.</p><p> </p>
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