Purpose

Completion of the review of Little Owls
nurseries across the city, to ensure that individual settings are
as efficient, effective, and as financially sustainable as
possible. This may result in proposals for closure and market-led
solutions whereby provision is provided by alternative childcare
providers.
 
The emerging findings of this review, based
upon current operating arrangements, are that there are three
blocks of LCC directly provided nurseries across the city:
• 
Nurseries where it is believed there is sufficient nursery
provision provided by others, which means the Council should not be
providing additional provision.
• 
Nurseries where it is believed that additional provision by the
Council may not be required as sufficient provision could be
provided by others subject to more detailed conversations with
alternative providers and potentially continuing support (at a
lower cost than current).
• 
Nurseries where it is believed that continuing provision by LCC is
in order due to challenges of sufficiency and support for children
with SEND and issues of deprivation.