{"id":198416,"date":"2025-06-19T23:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/198416\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T23:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:50:21","slug":"outstanding-solihull-school-to-close-for-good-after-30-years-as-staff-blame-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/198416\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Outstanding’ Solihull school to close for good after 30 years as staff ‘blame government’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of children have passed through the school’s doors\"LittleLittle Learners Montessori Preschool based in St Helen’s Church(Image: Google)<\/p>\n

A Solihull school rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted will close its doors for the final time next month.<\/p>\n

Little Learners Montessori Preschool<\/a> will close on July 11 after 30 years of serving the local community.<\/p>\n

The school, based inside St Helen’s Church<\/a>, said it’s closing due to ‘changes with government funding’ which have made it ‘unsustainable to continue operating’ at the ‘high standards’ it has set.<\/p>\n

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\"LittleLittle Learners Montessori Preschool based in St Helen’s Church(Image: Google)<\/p>\n

Head of the school, Raju Surelia, proudly welcomed the first pupil through the doors in 1995 and has been at the helm ever since.<\/p>\n

Ms Surelia said she will retire when the school closes.<\/p>\n

She said: “There is nothing I would love more than to hear from past pupils – where life has taken you, what you\u2019re doing now, and how Little Learners was part of your journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The school was rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted under Ms Surelia’s leadership.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of children have passed through the school’s front doors over the last three decades.<\/p>\n

\"HeadLittle Learners Head Raju Surelia(Image: Little Learners Montessori Preschool)<\/p>\n

A school spokesperson said: “After three incredible decades of inspiring young minds, Little Learners Montessori Preschool in Solihull<\/a> will soon close its doors for the final time.<\/p>\n

“This is due to increasing pressures and challenges created by recent government policies affecting the early years sector.<\/p>\n

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“In her final weeks at Little Learners, Ms Surelia hopes to see some familiar faces.<\/p>\n

“If you would like to visit and say goodbye in person, please don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch.<\/p>\n

“Every child who has passed through the doors has left a lasting impression – and each one holds a special place in her heart.”<\/p>\n

Former students and families are invited to reconnect and share their memories with the school by emailing raju@little-learners.co.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of children have passed through the school’s doorsLittle Learners Montessori Preschool based in St Helen’s Church(Image: Google)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,2671,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-198416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-solihull","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114712715261184764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}