How many of the council/authority’s nurseries and children’s centres were sold, transferred or closed in each year from 2009/10 – 2021/22 (inclusive)?
Of those that have been sold or transferred please detail how many went to:
1) – public sector organisations (including schools, colleges and health providers)
2) – private providers (for profit providers)
3) – voluntary and/ or community sector providers (not for profit providers).
| Calendar Year | Children’s Centres | Maintained nursery classes & preschools (run by the school) and Devon County Council (DCC) run Nurseries operating from DCC owned buildings. |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |
| 2010 | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |
| 2011 | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |
| 2012 | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |
| 2013 | No sales or transfers of children’s centres occurred in this period. |
West and East Putford School closed. The school took children from age 3. Not enough children locally to run another group early years provision. The building was sold for residential development. |
| 2014 | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |
| 2015 |
See previous FOI request for this information
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No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |
| 2016 | See previous FOI request for this information | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |
| 2017 | See previous FOI request for this information | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |
| 2018 | See previous FOI request for this information | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |
| 2019 | See previous FOI request for this information | DCC managed Tresillian Day Nursery in Kingsbridge. The nursery was commissioned out and part of the building is now leased to a private provider – The Ark @Tresillian Ofsted | The Exwick Ark Limited. |
| 2020 | See previous FOI request for this information | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |
| 2021 | See previous FOI request for this information | No sales or transfers occurred in this period. |