Decision details

To agree to proposals regarding any future building programme and future responsibilities with regard to management of Children’s Centres in Brent.

(i)         that agreement be given to not to build three phase three children’s centres; Sudbury, Cricklewood and Kingsbury Intergenerational Centre;

(ii)        that the proposal for a further three phase three Children’s Centres; Wykeham, Preston Park and Mount Stewart to be designated as service delivery points instead of full Children's Centres, and become, via a formal agreement, the responsibility of schools on whose sites they are being developed, be explored;

(iii)       that it be agreed that carrying forward the proposals in the previous two recommendations would still ensure that the Council’s network of Children’s Centres is sufficient to meet local need;

(iv)       that the proposal for the relevant maintained nursery schools to take responsibility for all running costs associated with Curzon Crescent, Fawood and Granville Plus children centres, be explored;

(v)        that authority be delegated to the Director of Legal and Procurement and the Director of Children and Families to finalise the terms of agreements with the governing bodies of Wykeham, Preston Park and Mount Stewart governing bodies as set out above;

(vi)       that the additional savings set out in para. 4 of the report from the Director of Children and Families be pursued.

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