{"id":18737,"date":"2025-10-02T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=18737"},"modified":"2025-10-02T11:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:42:17","slug":"opportunity-for-new-and-existing-early-years-providers-in-ilfracombe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/opportunity-for-new-and-existing-early-years-providers-in-ilfracombe\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity for new and existing early years providers in Ilfracombe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ilfracombe Town Council, in partnership with Devon County Council, is inviting expressions of interest from established early years and childcare providers to operate from the Lantern Nursery site. This is a unique chance to expand high-quality provision in an area with growing demand for places for children aged 0\u20134.<\/p>\n<p>The site offers a dedicated nursery space with multiple rooms and a garden, and providers must be able to offer places across all age groups, operate for a minimum of 48 weeks per year, and meet Ofsted registration requirements.<\/p>\n<h2>Key dates<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Open day: 16 October 2025<\/li>\n<li>Expressions of interest deadline: 31 October 2025, 10am<\/li>\n<li>Interviews: 6 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Decision announced: 14 November 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Apply<\/h2>\n<p>Interested providers should submit their <a href=\"https:\/\/ilfracombetowncouncil.gov.uk\/2025\/09\/30\/the-lantern-nursery-ilfracombe-expression-of-interest\/?fbclid=IwdGRjcANLHQZjbGNrA0sc_GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeHh9o2UPHTnf4J2Rq51jt2LjGA4zSVwjg7gWFcUDtsVCZcuBYcdq7febkwPA_aem_uW8tjQZ_WN4U1W9QbFnfSQ\" rel=\"noopener\">expression of interest application form<\/a> and return completed form to <a href=\"mailto:itc@northdevon.gov.uk\">itc@northdevon.gov.uk<\/a> with the subject line: Lantern Nursery EOI Application. For further information or to arrange a site visit, contact Laura Donovan on 01271 855300.<\/p>\n<p>Expression of interest forms, and site plans, can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/ilfracombetowncouncil.gov.uk\/2025\/09\/30\/the-lantern-nursery-ilfracombe-expression-of-interest\/?fbclid=IwdGRjcANLHQZjbGNrA0sc_GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeHh9o2UPHTnf4J2Rq51jt2LjGA4zSVwjg7gWFcUDtsVCZcuBYcdq7febkwPA_aem_uW8tjQZ_WN4U1W9QbFnfSQ\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lantern Nursery Ilfracombe &#8211; Expression of Interest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Help shape the future of early years in Ilfracombe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilfracombe Town Council, in partnership with Devon County Council, is inviting expressions of interest from established early years and childcare providers to operate from the Lantern Nursery site. This is a unique chance to expand high-quality provision in an area with growing demand for places for children aged 0\u20134.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-25 23:56:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18737"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18740,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18737\/revisions\/18740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}