Urgent safety warning for parents dropping their children off at nurseries and school holiday clubs in wake of Southport stabbing attack [Video]

By Amie Beth Steadman and Iwan Stone and Lettice Bromovsky 03:25 EDT 31 Jul 2024, updated 05:05 EDT 31 Jul 2024

A nursery group has urged parents not to hold the door open for others at drop-off and pick-up following an attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. 

Childbase Partnership, which looks after 6,000 children in 44 day nurseries across England, has sent out a ‘high priority’ email to parents about security measures after three children died in the knife attack in Southport. 

An ‘alert’ was issued to all nurseries in the group on Tuesday morning to reassure parents that the settings were reviewing established security procedures which staff must follow to meet ‘a variety of threats’. 

Lorna Wigley, quality and health and safety director of Childbase Partnership, called on parents to refrain from holding the door open for others at nursery and to report any concerns to staff ‘immediately’.

Text messages saying doors are locked and that no one can …