It follows the sacking of Lorraine Balaban as deputy head of Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School's Nursery . . . and her subsequent appointment as acting head of rival King David Nursery.

Her dismissal last summer was for "behaviour likely to bring the company into disrepute".

And her former employers were furious when she was then given a job by KD.

BWJPS governor Simon Lader claims that KD took her on without a reference from his school.

However, KD nursery chief Simon Rosenthal hit back, stating that he was "over the moon" with Mrs Balaban's work.

She was suspended from BWJPS last year and allegedly complained strongly about her suspension on the social networking site Facebook, leading to her dismissal.

Mrs Balaban took BWJPS to an employment tribunal, but has just dropped the case.

Mr Lader told the Jewish Telegraph: "Mrs Balaban was deputy head at BWJPS and went for the headteacher's job, but did not get it.

"I am speaking out about this more as a concerned parent than a governor."

But Mr Rosenthal, KD nursery's management committee chairman, furiously denied his claims.

He fumed: "We took references from other sources and there is no dispute here.

"Mr Lader is more than welcome to his opinion, but we are really happy with Mrs Balaban.

"Her care and attention has been well-received by the parents of the children at our nursery.

"We have more than 140 children at our crèche and nursery while Bury and Whitefield have around 11.

"Maybe Mr Lader should be more concerned with that."

Mr Lader also told the Jewish Telegraph that he had contacted the Bury Safeguarding Children Unit over the matter.

The unit's Gareth Millar said that he advised Mr Lader to contact the Independent Safeguarding Authority regarding the allegations.

Mr Millar told the Jewish Telegraph: "On the basis of the information provided to me I advised him that the nursery has a duty to refer this case to the ISA. I have provided him with the referral guidance."

Mrs Balaban was given several opportunities by the Jewish Telegraph to comment, but declined each time.

Mr Rosenthal said: "Mrs Balaban has been employed in a managerial position at King David Nursery for almost half a year. She was appointed after a rigorous and thorough interview process.

"We are extremely surprised that the governors of Bury and Whitefield School did not give King David Schools information about any allegations that have been made against her and chose instead to approach the Press and other agencies.

"Mrs Balaban made us fully aware of the circumstances used by Bury and Whitefield to remove her from her post.

"In fact, Mrs Balaban began proceedings for wrongful dismissal but vacated them when she was offered a post at King David."

He added: "During her time at King David, Mrs Balaban has proven to be a caring, competent and extremely capable practitioner.

"In fact, since she has been with us we have seen a significant increase in the numbers of children attending the nursery.

"Mrs Balaban's competence and excellent leadership and management skills have been recognised by Ofsted inspectors."