Bestwood Park and Top Valley Children's Centre

WARDS AFFECTED: Bestwood, Bulwell Forest ITEM NO. ………….. AREA 1 COMMITTEE 22 March 2006 AREA 2 COMMITTEE 29 March 2006 REPORT OF CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND CHILDREN’S STRATEGY

DEVELOPMENT OF SITES FOR 2 ND WAVE CHILDREN’S CENTRES FOR NOTTINGHAM: BESTWOOD PARK AND TOP VALLEY CHILDREN’S CENTRE

1 SUMMARY

1.1 Government guidance received in July 2005 emphasised further the place of Children’s Centres in the delivery of Integrated Children’s Services. Government guidance for Children’s Centres in wave 2 states that Centres must target communities which fall within the 30% most disadvantaged areas (Super Output Areas) in the country.

1.2 This report identifies proposed boundaries and recommended sites for the development of a Children’s Centre in Bestwood Park and Top Valley. It outlines the process taken at a local level to capture the views of all stakeholders during the consultation carried out during October, November and December 2005.

2 RECOMMENDATIONS

It is recommended:-

2.1 that Members note the report and give their views on the potential sites for development of the Children’s Centre in the Bestwood Park and Top Valley area.

2.2 that the use of Westglade Infant and Nursery School as a ‘spoke’ to the Southglade Park Services Centre be explored via a feasibility study as detailed in paragraph 3.9 of the report.

3 BACKGROUND & PROPOSALS

3.1 Nine Sure Start Children’s Centres are currently being developed within the most deprived areas of the City, as reported to the Executive Board on 22 February 2005: “Children’s Centres Capital Development Programme 2004/06”. These are due for completion in the spring of 2006. Nottingham has been given a further target to develop seven new Children’s Centres by March 2008.

3.2 Wave One Sure Start Children’s Centres will deliver services to 9,056 children under 5 living in the areas of highest deprivation. In Wave 2 the ‘reach’ target issued by the Sure Start Unit is for a further 5,338 children. This means the City Sure Start Children’s Centres must cover an area with a minimum of 14,394 children under 5 years within the period 2006 to 2008.

3.3 Currently a services centre is being developed on Southglade Park, where the existing Bestwood and Leen Valley programme is co-located. There is an opportunity to develop this as the ‘hub’ for the whole Bestwood and Top Valley area by extending the existing boundary for the Bestwood and Leen Valley programme to

include the Bestwood and Top Valley area. Services could then be delivered through a ‘hub and spoke’ model by developing either Southglade, Robin Hood or Westglade as a ‘spoke’. The extended school initiative will also develop provision in all schools in the area.

3.4 Consultation took place on the Strategy for Children’s Centres between April and July 2005. Over 2,000 copies of the strategy were distributed, and the consultation on the strategy revealed that there were concerns around: § Boundaries and names of the areas; § How the sites for the new Children’s Centres would be chosen; § Possible conflicts with school re-organisation protocol.

3.5 In order to identify sites for Wave 2 Children’s Centres, a series of initial consultation exercises were planned across the City and a local event was held on 8 December. The event was organised with the full involvement of the appropriate Area Co- ordinators who identified key stakeholders in the local area to be invited. In addition, invitations went to representatives from Nottingham City PCT, Social Services, local schools, elected Members and relevant City Council Departments.

3.6 The aim of the local consultation was to reach consensus and discuss issues around the proposed boundary, the preferred name of the programme area and school sites for development. Information was provided on the day around criteria for choosing a site for the Children’s Centre, including information on:

§ Deprivation using the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI), ie those children under 16 who are living in families that are in receipt of Income Support and Job Seekers Allowance, or families claiming Working Families Tax Credit, where the household income is 60% of the national average - £14,000; § Location of under 5’s in the area; § Names and locations of schools in the area; § Other relevant provision (day care, GP’s, Clinics, Community Centres); § Any relevant local developments, topography, accessibility of sites and bus routes.

3.7 The group were asked to consider the various sites, using the criteria provided, and to rank them in order of preference. It was agreed that further consultation would be held with parents, Head Teachers and Chairs of Governors, health leads and elected Members. A map of the proposed boundary for the Bestwood and Top Valley Children’s Centre is attached at Appendix 1 and feedback notes from the local consultation event are attached at Appendix 2.

3.8 The following sites were identified as being appropriate for developing a Children’s Centre: § Eastglade Primary and Nursery School § Southglade Infant School § Robin Hood Infant and Nursery School

3.9 A preliminary feasibility study has been undertaken although without clarification of scope/extent of facility required as shown: Eastglade Primary and Nursery School - § School due to close on 31 August 2008. Consideration is being given to the building temporarily supporting delivery of BSF in future years

§ The future of Eastglade buildings will be determined during the school reorganisation process, therefore would not be a functioning school and this would go against Government guidelines to deliver child care and education together § Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) – lots of different levels both internal and external § There is potential to use one building as a Children’s Centre but that would be dependant on Education Department decision around future use of the site and buildings § The buildings are noted as having a high condition liability

Southglade Infant School - § This school will become a 420 primary school on 31 August 2008 § No space available within existing buildings to provide a Children’s Centre, but there are opportunities to build a Children’s Centre on the site

Robin Hood Infant and Nursery School - § This school will become a 420 primary school on 31/08/08. No space available within existing buildings to provide a Children’s Centre. § There are opportunities to build a Children’s Centre on the site.

3.10 Next steps:

§ Report to Executive Board in April 2006 outlining the proposals and seeking approval to develop capital schemes to deliver Wave 2 Sure Start Children’s Centres by March 2008;

§ Visits to proposed sites identified through the consultation process to look at the feasibility of development on those sites;

§ Local strategy groups will be developed in order to develop the Children’s Centres further.

4 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

4.1 The capital costs to establish 6 of the Wave 2 Children’s Centres will be met from the DfES grant of £2,476,120 for 2006-08 (all Wave 2 Children’s Centres except Hyson Green/New Basford). The revenue cost for the Wave 1 & 2 Children’s Centres will be met from the DfES grant of £4,527,426 for 2006-08.

4.2 If the Wave 2 Children’s Centres are not completed by 31 March 2008, it is highly likely that a be penalty will be incurred, although at this stage it is unclear how much this is will be, but will be included in a future report as further information becomes available.

4.3 The costs associated with developing a Children’s Centre in each of the 3 sites identified above will identified at the feasibility stage, and will be included in a future report.

5 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IMPLICATIONS

5.1 Services are targeted according to the particular needs within a local community, with the centre’s strategies for working with vulnerable and hard to reach groups

focussing on BME communities, as well as on other groups where discrimination of various kinds might impact on children.

6 HUMAN RESOURCES IMPLICATIONS

6.1 There are no direct HR implications relating to these proposals, at this stage.

7 SCHOOL ORGANISATION OBSERVATIONS

7.1 Changes to the above schools have now been determined and will take effect from 31 August 2007 / 1 September 2007 as follows:

Eastglade Primary and Nursery School close on 31 August 2007 Southglade Infant and Nursery School close on 31 August 2007

Southglade Junior School close on 31 August 2007 Robin Hood Infant and Nursery School close on 31 August 2007 Robin Hood Junior School close on 31 August 2007 New primary and nursery school on Southglade site – 1 September 2007 New primary and nursery school on Robin Hood site – 1 September 2007

7.2 Although currently there may appear to be surplus capacity in the Southglade and Robin Hood school buildings, this will be significantly reduced when the schools fill to near capacity (420 each) following the closure of Eastglade Primary and Nursery School and changes to catchment areas.

8 ASSET MANAGEMENT OBSERVATIONS

8.1 Detailed feasibility of buildings and site along with information about facilities to be provided within the Children’s Centres will ultimately determine the viability and affordability of the sites listed in this report.

8.2 The consequence of providing new buildings in wave 2 of the Children’s Centre programme may place pressure on existing funding allocated.

9 LIST OF BACKGROUND PAPERS OTHER THAN PUBLISHED WORKS OR THOSE DISCLOSING CONFIDENTIAL OR EXCEMPT INFORMATION

9.1 Executive Board Report, 22 February 2005: “Children’s Centres Capital Development Programme 2004/06”.

10 PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN COMPILING THIS REPORT

None.

EDWINA GRANT CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND CHILDREN’S STRATEGY Nottingham City Education Department The Sandfield Centre, Sandfield Road Contact Officer : Nottingham NG7 1QH Liz Lowe Children’s Centres Project Manager Telephone : 0115 915 7835 Email : [email protected]

APPENDIX 1

APPENDIX 2 SUMMARY OF FEEDBACK FROM CONSULTATION EVENTS HELD

Bestwood Park and Top Valley Local Co nsultation Event - 8 December 2005 Attendees

Simon Browes - City PCT Jenny Eade - Bulwell Community Mary Rumney - Governor – Gladehill Toy Library Helen Hicks - Governor – Gladehill Cllr Brian Grocock - Local Elected Member Deborah Sheppard - Nottm Libraries Sue Blount - Area 2 Play Chris Gill - City PCT Alicia Cox - Big Wood EAZ Sue Roberts - City PCT Manager Cheriel O’Neill - Children & Families Alan Carr - Top Valley EAZ Grahame Connolly - Glade Hill Jo Bell - Robin Hood I&NS Catherine Smith - Early Years Unit Beth Hanna - Health Development, Chris Annable Area 2

1. Introduction to Children’s Centres

Liz Lowe, Project Manager for Children’s Centre Development, Joint Services for Young Children gave a brief over-view of what the event today will aim to achieve, and explained what would be happening during the day: information shared around geographical patch/boundary proposed for this Children’s Centre area, maps showing levels of deprivation and density of children under 5, existing service provision, schools and development plans in the area.

The group were shown a DVD film about Children’s Centres in the North of England. This looked at what a Children’s Centre actually is and what services will be delivered from the Centre.

The main group were then split into three smaller groups to look at: a) the boundaries of the area in more detail to see if they were logical and get some input at a local level on the movement of families within the area and where they actually accessed services from; b) possible sites within the boundary area on which the Children’s Centre for Bestwood Park and Top Valley could be developed, bearing in mind site suitability and accessibility.

2. Group Work Group 1: Wendy facilitating Alicia Cox - Big Wood EAZ Simon Browes - City PCT Cllr Brian Grocock - Local Elected Member Catherine Smith - Early Years Unit Mary Rumney - Gladehill Governor / HomeStart Helen Hicks - Gladehill Governor

Work on boundary: § Should include Southglade Park area § The name should be: Bestwood & Top Valley Children’s Centre

Work on site: Site Issues § Very close to area of highest deprivation Westglade § Close to area with high numbers of children under 5 § No available space at the school – which will be made worse once Eastglade is closed § In area of high deprivation Southglade § Central to the area, but unsure about availability of space § In area of high deprivation Robin Hood § Considered too far south within the Children’s Centre area – would mean that families from Top Valley would not access the site

§ No bus links from rest of area § Not in area of highest deprivation Glade Hill § Not in area with high numbers of children under 5 § Plenty of available space at the school § Considered too far to the east of the area § Considered too close to proposed Children’s Centre in Sherwood & Edwards Lane area § In area of highest deprivation Eastglade § In area of high numbers of children under 5 § School due to close on 31 August 2007 - building will be available § Only cosmetic/decorating works would be required

Group 2: Gary facilitating Alan Carr - Top Valley EAZ Chris Annable - Early Years Unit Deborah Sheppard - Nottingham Libraries Sue Roberts - City PCT Sue Blount - Area 2 Play

Work on boundary: § Children ‘left’ of Southglade Park may access Bestwood/Leen Valley Sure Start § Big Wood and Warren are City schools but sit in the County – should consider extending boundary to include those schools § Whilst there is a pocket of ‘affluence’, children from the area with highest deprivation attend school in that area, therefore need to keep that within boundaries § Children north of the boundary (and in Warren / Big Wood) access City Health Services as well as City education § North of area identify with Gedling § Name: Bestwood Park and Top Valley Children’s Centre

Work on site: Site Issues § Not in area of highest deprivation Glade Hill § Not in area of high numbers of children under 5 § Meets criteria Robin Hood § Accessibility : would access Southglade Park most probably and children in Top Valley would not travel down § Good transport links available in and out of City, but not across area § Meets criteria Southglade § Accessibility : more services locally to access (shops, dentist) § Good transport links but potential parking issues St Margaret § Not in area of highest deprivation Clitherowe § Children on roll not all from area § Access for other faith groups § Not in area of highest deprivation, but catchment do live in area of Westglade highest deprivation § Meets criteria § Accessibility : at end of a dead end, but could be developed due to external space

Group 3: Stephen facilitating Cheriel O’Neill - Children & Families, Social Services Chris Gill - Health Visitor, Rise Park Surgery Grahame Connelly - Glade Hill Primary & Nursery School Beth Hanna - Health Development Officer, Area 2 Jo Bell - Robin Hood Infants & Nursery School

Work on boundary: § Include estate near Gala Bingo (Southglade Park Estate) in area § Look into reciprocal arrangements with County Council for a possible Children’s Centre at Roundwood School – however it was noted that it would be better to invest funding only in a City scheme § More children coming into Bestwood Park area than are leaving as it has good family housing availability § New housing developments, but this would probably be family housing, therefore there would be no significant changes to the numbers of under 5 § Warren / Big Wood are City schools but within the County boundary – need to include these catchments § Name: Bestwood Park and Top Valley Children’s Centre

Work on site: Site Issues § In area of high deprivation and Robin Hood § In area of high numbers of children under 5 § No involvement with Sure Start § Need capital investment § Plans to merge into primary school – extending nursery with re-org (40 60) § No spare rooms available § Very visible location with good bus links § Plenty of grounds (level site) and parking ok § In area of high deprivation Westglade § In area of high numbers of children under 5 § Poor accessibility § In area of high deprivation Southglade § Needs capital investment § 60 place nursery § Unsure about space at the school § Good bus links and more accessible than Westlgade § Bright campus § In area of high deprivation Glade Hill § In area of high numbers of children under 5 (but less than other areas § Fit for purpose, and has space available to use (2 spare classrooms) § Site could be easily adapted § Less accessible than Robin Hood St Margaret § Accessibility issues Clitherowe

Three sites chosen, but in no order of preference, were: Southglade / Robin Hood / Glade Hill

3. Feedback To Main Group

The three groups then fed back into the main group:

§ School Organisation info: Eastglade School due to close on 31 August 2007 Stanstead going to adjudicator – outside the area for this Children’s Centre Westglade / Southglade / Robin Hood – each infant and junior schools amalgamating to form primary schools on 31 August 2007

§ Consensus was reached on: Working Title : Bestwood Park and Top Valley Children’s Centre Boundaries: Include Southglade Park estate within boundary

Sites: 1st choice Eastglade 2nd choice Southglade 3rd choice Robin Hood

4. Traffic Lights Exercise

We then carried out an exercise which involved each person within the group putting a TICK next to the name of the site which had been identified to show how they felt about it being used for the development of the Children’s Centre for Bestwood Park and Top Valley. Each person could use one TICK in each colour. The results were:

Site Status Red Amber Gre en Eastglade 1 4 8 Southglade 0 9 5

Westglade 2 0 0

Robin Hood 2 2 2

Glade Hill 8 1 0

RED - Absolutely not AMBER - Could live with it GREEN - Yes - go for it! 5. Next steps

• Briefing meetings with Head Teachers and Chairs of Governors to be held during December • Briefing meeting with Elected Members to be held in December • Visits to sites put forward to look at feasibility of development on those sites • Strategy Group to be pulled together in order to develop Children’s Centre further • Reports identifying boundaries and sites will be sent to committees

6. Opportunities

During the day group members were encouraged to note down onto post-its any ideas they had for positive working opportunities which would come out of the development of a Children’s Centre in the Bestwood Park and Top Valley area. The notes included:

§ Eastglade is a ‘ready-to-use’ site and is ideally located between schools – would be able to maintain a service

7. Concerns / Issues Raised

As well as noting down any opportunities, people were also asked to note down onto post-its any concerns or issues they thought of as the day progressed, and then stick the notes onto headed flip-charts around the room. The notes included:

§ Transport availability for families other side of boundary § Natural boundaries (eg roads) do not necessarily match communities’ views – eg new build estate off Arnold Road do not associate themselves with Bestwood / Leen Valley. They often prefer to use neighbouring areas’ services (eg Basford) § Keep Eastglade School open, given the area of deprivation

8. Evaluation At the end of the event, we carried out an evaluation of the day. The results showed: § Liked: Maps 64.7% Presentation 64.7% Chance to have my say 47% Process used 58.8%

Bestwood Park an d Top Valley Schools’ Head Teachers & Chairs of Governors Briefing Event - 12 December 2005

Attendees Robin Hood Infant & Nursery School: Debbie Davis & Pam Hissitt Robin Hood JuniorSchool: Alison Tones - Head Teacher Nottingham LEA: Caroline Field - Early Years Consultant

1. Aim of the briefing :

The meeting was to keep Head Teachers and their Chairs of Governors updated on the consultations being held to look at workable boundaries and proposed sites for the Wave 2 Children’s Centres. Liz Lowe gave an introduction and a short presentation on criteria used when looking at possible sites and a brief outline of what Children’s Centres will deliver.

2. Boundaries and proposed sites for the Bestwood & Top Valley Children’s Centre :

A copy of the feedback notes from the local consultation event held on 8 December was not yet available, but will be delivered to all relevant parties once they have been completed. Liz Lowe summarised the proposals which came out of the local event, which were summarised as:

Working Title: Bestwood Park & Top Valley Children’s Centre, which was suggested as an amendment to distinguish this site from the Bestwood & Leen Valley Children’s Centre which already exists, and so that Bestwood Park residents would associate wi

Proposed Boundary: See map attached

Proposed sites: 1st Choice Eastglade Primary & Nursery School 2nd Choice Southglade Infant School 3rd Choice Robin Hood Infant & Nursery School

3. Group discussion :

Points raised Response

Why were consultations and briefings Feasibility studies are costly and time-consuming being held before any feasibility activities. By identifying a shortlist of the most popular studies had taken place? sites, we can avoid performing unnecessary studies and concentrate on finding a solution that is both popular and practical.

The Eastglade site is to be closed as We are aware of the plans for the future of Eastglade, and part of the reorganisation of primary also of the government’s directive that ideally a children’s schools in Bestwood, Bestwood Park, centre should be located on an existing school site. Rise Park, Top Valley and North However, the attendees of the consultation felt a number Sherwood. Why was it still considered of reasons made Eastglade an attractive prospect for a as a potential site for a children’s centre: centre? • It is ideally located for communal access. • The building will likely be available and empty – only cosmetic work would be required. • It is in the area of highest deprivation.

Though it is likely that Eastglade will prove to be an unsuitable site due to its impending closure, popular opinion at the consultation requested that it be taken into consideration at this stage. By carrying out the ‘traffic

lights’ exercise (which highlights a 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd choice of sites for the location of the Children’s Centres) we can also look at a number of different sites. Therefore, if a site we choose is subsequently earmarked for closure and is deemed unsuitable, we can move onto the next choice of site.

What is the role of Children’s Children’s Centres will aim to provide more integrated Centres? Are they a straight services than the Social Services based Family Centres. replacement for Family Centres? By providing more joined-up services in one central location, the hope is that they will encourage people to take more responsibility for their own welfare. A number of staff from Family Centres will be transferring to Children’s Centres to provide their existing their skills and experience to an expanded service.

4. Next steps :

• Notes from local consultation to be sent to all school representatives and Chairs of Governors

• Briefing meeting with Elected Members to be held in December

• Visits to sites put forward to look at feasibility of development on those sites

• Strategy Group to be pulled together in order to develop Children’s Centre further

• Reports identifying boundaries and sites will be sent to committees

APPENDIX 3

WARDS AFFECTED: Basford, Bestwood, Bulwell & Bulwell Forest ITEM NO. …………. AREA 1 COMMITTEE 22 March 2006 AREA 2 COMMITTEE 29 March 2006 REPORT OF CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND CHILDREN’S STRATEGY

ND DEVELOPMENT OF SITES FOR 2 WAVE CHILDREN’S CENTRES FOR NOTTINGHAM: BASFORD CHILDREN’S CENTRE

2 SUMMARY

1.2 This report identifies proposed boundaries and recommended sites for the development of a Children’s Centre in Basford. It outlines the process taken at a local level to capture the views of all stakeholders during the consultation carried out during October, November and December 2005.

2 RECOMMENDATIONS

2.1 It is recommended that Members note the report and give their views on the potential sites for development of the Children’s Centre in the Basford area.

2.2 Further in-depth feasibility is carried out in partnership with Whitemoor Primary and Nursery School and Southwark Primary and Nursery School to identify any internal space for the delivery of care and education on site, drop-in facilities and office accommodation.

3 BACKGROUND & PROPOSALS

3.3 Consultation took place on the Strategy for Children’s Centres between April and July 2005. Over 2,000 copies of the strategy were distributed, and the consultation on the strategy revealed that there were concerns around boundaries and names of the areas, how the sites for the new Children’s Centres would be chosen and possible conflicts with school re-organisation protocol.

3.4 In order to identify sites for Wave 2 Children’s Centres, a series of initial consultation exercises were planned across the City and a local event was held on 1 December. The event was organised with the full involvement of the appropriate Area Co-ordinators who identified key stakeholders in the local area to be invited. In addition, invitations went to representatives from Nottingham City PCT, Social Services, local schools, elected Members and relevant City Council Departments.

3.5 The aim of the local consultation was to reach consensus and discuss issues around the proposed boundary, the preferred name of the programme area and school sites for development. Information was provided on the day around criteria for choosing a site for the Children’s Centre, including information on:

3.6 The group were asked to consider the various sites, using the criteria provided, and to rank them in order of preference. It was agreed that further consultation would be held with parents, Head Teachers and Chairs of Governors, health leads and elected Members. A map of the proposed boundary for the Basford Children’s Centre is attached at Appendix 1 and feedback notes from the local consultation event are attached at Appendix 2.

3.7 The following sites were identified as being appropriate for developing a Children’s Centre: Old Basford & Highbury Vale Community Centre Whitemoor Primary and Nursery School Southwark Primary School

3.8 A preliminary feasibility study has been undertaken, although without clarification of the scope/extent of facility required:

Whitemoor Primary and Nursery School - § 378 capacity school, with only 323 pupils on roll with an additional 22 full time nursery places filled ( Data source: Sept 2005 Census ) – this may indicate some available space, however account must be taken of the potential impact of future school reorganisation proposals - formal request made by school to increase capacity to 420 outside of school reorganisation

§ Some potential to re-model the foundation unit

§ Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) – internal steps to class rooms

Southwark Primary and Nursery School - § Infant and Junior buildings are on separate sites with long term aim to provide school on single site

§ 595 capacity school, with 423 pupils on roll with an additional 70 nursery places filled (Data source: Sept 2005 Census ), however account must be taken of the potential impact of future school reorganisation proposals

§ Existing adult education on the infant site with a separate crèche – may be some potential here for partnership working

§ Reasonably new nursery unit at the rear of the infant building - sloping site, therefore may be difficult to build on infant site

§ If a new school is built it is possible DfES funding constraints would not allow the re- establishment of a Children’s Centre in the new school

3.9 There is very limited space in any of the schools. There is an opportunity in this area to develop integrated care and education in one of the schools in the area (to be decided through feasibility studies), but with other services to be delivered out of any room in the other schools in the area or any community provision, in particular Old Basford and Highbury Vale Community Centre. This option will be fully explored through further feasibility studies.

3.9 Next steps :

§ Report to Executive Board in April 2006 outlining the proposals and seeking approval to develop capital schemes to deliver Wave 2 Sure Start Children’s Centres by March 2008;

§ Visits to proposed sites identified through the consultation process to look at the feasibility of development on those sites;

§ Local strategy groups will be developed in order to develop the Children’s Centres further.

4 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

4.3 The costs associated with developing a Children’s Centre in each of the 3 sites identified above will identified at the feasibility stage, and will be included in a future report.

5 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IMPLICATIONS

5.1 Services are targeted according to the particular needs within a local community, with the centre’s strategies for working with vulnerable and hard to reach groups focussing on BME communities, as well as on other groups where discrimination of various kinds might impact on children. 6 HUMAN RESOURCES IMPLICATIONS

6.1 There are no direct HR implications relating to these proposals, at this stage.

7 SCHOOL ORGANISATION OBSERVATIONS

7.1 Primary school provision in this area is currently under review. Proposals will be developed in due course.

8 ASSET MANAGEMENT OBSERVATIONS

8.2 The consequence of providing new buildings in wave 2 of the Children’s Centre programme may place pressure on existing funding allocated.

9 LIST OF BACKGROUND PAPERS OTHER THAN PUBLISHED WORKS OR THOSE DISCLOSING CONFIDENTIAL OR EXCEMPT INFORMATION

9.1 Executive Board Report, 22 February 2005: “Children’s Centres Capital Development Programme 2004/06”.

10 PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN COMPILING THIS REPORT

None.

EDWINA GRANT CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND CHILDREN’S STRATEGY Nottingham City Education Department The Sandfield Centre Sandfield Road Nottingham NG7 1QH

Contact Officer :

Liz Lowe Children’s Centres Project Manager

Telephone number : 0115 915 7835 Email address: [email protected]