Issue - meetings

Report CS14073

The Portfolio Holder introduced a report providing further detail on the preferred option for the future delivery of day nursery provision at the Community Vision and Blenheim nurseries and seeking Members’ comments as to whether to proceed with market testing of the service. 

Work had been undertaken in recent years to increase fees for nursery places at Community Vision and Blenheim nurseries to bring them in line with other local providers and to move towards operating a full cost recovery service.  To support this, the two nurseries had been moved onto a trading account basis from April 2013 with separate budgets established.  An options appraisal for the future delivery of the nurseries had then been undertaken which had been reported to the meeting of Education PDS Committee on 30^th January 2014, following which it had been agreed to further develop the business case for market testing of the nursery provision.

In considering the report, a Member underlined the need to ensure that ward councillors were consulted regarding the future delivery of day nursery provision at the Community Vision and Blenheim nurseries.

RESOLVED that the Portfolio Holder be recommended to:

1)  Proceed with the market testing of day nursery provision on a concession basis; and,

2)  Note that a further report detailing the outcome of the market testing of nursery provision be reported to future meetings of Education PDS Committee and the Council’s Executive as appropriate.