for the delivery of disadvantaged two-year-old places, under plans being
considered by the council.
Bury Council in Greater Manchester is consulting on proposals to de-register seven of its 14 children's centres and convert the buildings to offer care for disadvantaged two-year-olds.
The move, if given the go ahead, would help the local authority meet its statutory duty of providing 40 per cent of disadvantaged two-year-olds with a free childcare place, the equivalent of 1,177 places in Bury.
The council said in July that it had a shortfall of 687 two-year-old places across the borough.
The seven children's centres that could be converted into nurseries are: Butterstile, Daisyfield, High Meadow, Moorside, Stepping Stones, Ramsbottom and Toodle Hill.
Two of the centres, Butterstile and Moorside, are currently run by the primary school in which they are based. The others are managed by the local authority.
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