Nursery World - Nursery schools face change in status

The six maintained nursery schools in Warwickshire face an uncertain future, following a council review which may lead to them being taken over by private providers or amalgamating with primary schools.

A consultation by the council, which will take place in May and June, is to look at three possible options for the nursery schools. They are: Atherstone Early Years Centre, Bedworth Heath Nursery School and Children's Centre, Kenilworth Children's Centre and Nursery School, Stockingford Early Years Centre, Warwick Children's Centre and Nursery School, and Whitnash Nursery School.

The options for the nursery schools are: to become a nursery class attached to a primary school; to bring in private providers to take over daycare provision; or to develop nursery schools as centres of excellence, which means that a school would remain a stand-alone nursery school but would develop advisory services and share knowledge and expertise with other providers.

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