Issue details
Proposed closure of the remaining two Council run Nurseries
The local authority does not have a statutory duty to directly provide nursery places, and therefore it now seems prudent to allow the provision of nursery placements to be taken on by the private sector.
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 04/01/2018
Decision Type: Key Decision;
Decision due: Not before 10th Mar 2018 by Cabinet Member - Children and Young People
Lead director: Strategic Director - People
Contact: Richard Baldwin, Director of Children and Young People Email: richard_baldwin@bathnes.gov.uk Tel: 01225 396289.
EFP Reference: E3038
Call-In Information: The Call In request, signed by 10 Councillors, has been received on 22nd March 2018. Reasons for a Call In of decision E3038 - The proposed decision has not taken into account the impact on families and children in crisis, families with challenging children and children with disabilities protected under the 2010 Equalities Act. Under the Children Act 2006, this Council is required to assess the local childcare market and to secure sufficient childcare for working parents. In Radstock the sufficiency figure is only 0.73% meaning that already there are fewer places than required. The papers give no indication about how long the nurseries have been running at a loss. The papers do not indicate how long the nurseries have been below numbers and whether the threat of closure has impacted on the numbers. NOTE: The Children and Young People Policy and Development Scrutiny Panel have dismissed the Call In on 16th April 2018.
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