District Children's Centre Buildings Consultation

Conkers @ Park Road, Sunny Fields @ Lyttleton Avenue, Tulip Trees @ Gibb Lane, , , , , Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove, DY9 0NS B60 3FG B61 0JP

Children's Centre Information:

Situated in a Does the 30% Super Main Site building service Childcare onsite Number of rooms Notes Output Area a 30% SOA (SOA) Conkers This centre is not situated in or serving a 30% SOA. No No Yes Two multi-purpose and office Yes The building is integral to the school site.

Sunnyfields two multi-purpose rooms two Main site in and serving a 30% SOA. Active health Yes Yes No Yes office rooms provision on site.

This centre is not situated in or serving a 30% SOA. Tulip Trees two multi-purpose No No No The building is purpose built, on a school site, but rooms,office,ante natal room Yes not integral to it.

Super Output Area Data (including those Children's Centres outside of the consultation):

SOA data below shows the % of parents/carers using children's centres who are living in the areas of the county with the highest need (known as 30% SOAs)

Report dates: 03/08/2015 - 03/08/2016

Total Carers Wyre % seen Bromsgrove Malvern Redditch Worcester Wychavon Children's Centre Carers reached from Forest 30% from 30% 30% SOAs 30% SOAs 30% SOAs 30% SOAs 30% SOAs reached 30% SOAs SOAs SOAs

Conkers 313 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 2% Pear Tree 549 82 74 0 5 1 0 2 15% Sunny Fields 1250 273 262 0 6 1 1 2 22% Tulip Tree 1230 64 51 0 9 2 0 2 5%

Proposals:

Centre Proposed use for building Services that it is proposed Services and activities that will no New or additional services and will continue to be delivered longer be delivered at this centre activities that are being planned due to changes. Conkers at Transfer to school for mixed Existing before and after Activity Sessions Extended childcare provision Hagley Primary use including increased school childcare Family/Adult Learning including more funded places School - childcare, before and after Parenting Support extended after school provision Bromsgrove school provision and health Health services including and potential Holiday Club provision Health Visitor Clinics and These services may continue to be Ante-natal Clinics offered at alternative locations

Sunny Fields at Transfer to school to extend Existing childcare provision Universal Activity Sessions Extending the current before and Charford First nursery provision and to after school provision for children School - release space for before and Some parenting support Some family/Adult Learning and to provide more Bromsgrove after school provision, accommodation for the increasing parenting support and health Some Family learning Some parenting Support numbers of two year olds. provision Support Group for parents of These services may continue to be Parenting Support such as 121 children with additional needs offered at alternative locations Family Links and Triple P Family learning for parents with Health provision including crèche provision. Speech and Language, Better accommodation for Educational Psychologists, current support group for parents Family Support, health clinics with children with additional and antenatal clinics. needs Tulip Tree at Transfer to school for mixed Existing before and after Activity Sessions A base for social care Catshill First use including support for school childcare Family/Adult Learning Family support base and provision School – children open to social care Some parenting Support of parenting courses (school Bromsgrove and health provision funded) These services may continue to be offered at alternative locations A base for meetings with families and for the school nurse Centre Proposed use for building Services that it is proposed Services and activities that will no New or additional services and will continue to be delivered longer be delivered at this centre activities that are being planned due to changes. Health services including Health Visitor Clinics and Ante-natal Clinics Relocation of the Before and After School Clubs These services will continue to be offered at alternative locations

Analysis of Change across Bromsgrove (including those Children's Centres outside of the consultation):

Universal Parenting Space for multi- Health sessions eg stay Before and after Adult / Family Centre groups/1:1/ Childcare agency Community Use provision** and play / messy school provision Learning drop ins meetings play Now Proposed Now Proposed Now Proposed Now Proposed Now Proposed Now Proposed Now Proposed Now Proposed Conkers Pear Tree Sunnyfields Tulip Trees

Red No provision Amber Includes parent led / targeted / independent provider led (with possible charge) and/or Green Provision can continue offsite provision

** This is an indication only of whether the provision can continue at this site – this cannot be guaranteed as actual delivery is dependent on the service model of health providers

Consultation Responses:

There were 57 respondents specific to . The table below outlines the type of respondent:

School Current Provider of Community or Health Other Based staff Parent / Carer Early Help service Councillor voluntary sector Other Total Professional Professional / Governor in representative Conkers 17 2 1 1 21 Sunny Fields 5 1 5 2 13 Tulip Trees 6 8 1 4 2 2 23

Centre Themes of responses received* Comments regarding sufficiency of Response to consultation themes and recommendations nursery provision (if applicable) Conkers @ In support: Across the Hagley wards there is In response to the large number of responses supporting Hagley Primary Recognition that space is not fully sufficient funded provision, however in universal activity sessions, a sum of £30k (county-wide) has School utilised and support for continued ‘Hagley East’ there is a shortfall in early been identified to support this provision to become self- health provision which is much years provision. The existing childcare sustaining 21 on-line appreciated provision, based at the Hagley Primary responses School is rated by Ofsted as Health services including Health Visitor Clinics and Ante-natal Concerns raised: Outstanding and is the preferred choice Clinics can continue at this centre under these proposals. 0 other Majority of responses were concerns by parents. responses that the valued Friday Stay and Play Universal and targeted support will also continue to be session would cease. Also concern available to families through both the Parenting and Family that parenting support will not be Support provider and the 0-19 public health nursing service, delivered from here either in the family home or at other community venues as appropriate.

Recommendation: To agree the proposed transfer of the building to the school for mixed use including increased childcare, before and after school provision and health provision Sunny Fields @ In support: There is sufficient funded provision In response to the large number of responses supporting Charford First Positive response to the continued available within the ward, universal activity sessions, a sum of £30k (county wide) has School provision of clinics and overall belief however the school catchment covers been identified to support this provision to become self- that it will benefit the community the Charford ward, where there is a sustaining 13 on-line shortfall in available hours of 46%. Centre Themes of responses received* Comments regarding sufficiency of Response to consultation themes and recommendations nursery provision (if applicable) responses Concerns raised: Health services including Health Visitor Clinics and Ante-natal Majority of responses were opposed Charford First School recently lowered Clinics can continue at this centre under these proposals. 0 other to the proposals due to concerns their school age range and opened responses that services will be lost which will provision for two year old children, Universal and targeted support will also continue to be be hard to access elsewhere. which has been very successful and available to families through both the Parenting and Family Concerns regarding targeting of demonstrates the demand for early Support provider and the 0-19 public health nursing service, services meaning some families will years provision at the school either in the family home or at other community venues as miss out and regarding the running appropriate. of the centre by the school. In response to the concerns regarding schools running these buildings, a recommendation is being made to initiate a 6-9 month transition period to provide assurance that buildings are being managed appropriately. In addition to this, the lease agreement will also specify the need to participate in an annual review.

Recommendation: To agree the proposed transfer of the building to the school to extend nursery provision and to release space for before and after school provision, parenting support and health provision

Tulip Trees @ In support: In response to the large number of responses overall Catshill First Majority of responses are in favour supporting universal activity sessions, a sum of £30k (county School of the proposals, expressing support wide) has been identified to support this provision to become for the school and community. self-sustaining 23 responses Additional community uses suggested including youth provision. The proposal for this building is that health provision at this 6 other centre can continue as part of the proposed mixed use – responses Concerns raised: unfortunately due to an editing error this was not clear in the Concerns that stay and play sessions published consultation document and health provision at this centre will discontinue Recommendation: To agree the proposed transfer of the building to the school for mixed use including support for children open to social care and health provision *See consultation summary document for detailed responses Centres not part of the formal consultation:

Pear Tree in Sidemoor:

Questions were raised in the general comments regarding this centre. The Parenting and Family Support provider will continue to deliver services at and from this centre alongside the existing childcare provision.