{"id":20052,"date":"2026-06-25T10:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=20052"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:08:12","slug":"new-nursery-opportunities-in-former-childrens-centre-buildings-honiton-sidmouth-hatherleigh-and-tavistock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/new-nursery-opportunities-in-former-childrens-centre-buildings-honiton-sidmouth-hatherleigh-and-tavistock\/","title":{"rendered":"New nursery opportunities in former children\u2019s centre buildings \u2013 Honiton, Sidmouth, Hatherleigh and Tavistock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early Years providers are invited to apply for new opportunities to deliver childcare within former children\u2019s centre buildings in <strong>Honiton, Sidmouth and Hatherleigh<\/strong>. These sites have been identified as areas where there is a need for additional all\u2011year childcare places for 0\u20134\u2011year\u2011olds, operating 8am\u20136pm.<\/p>\n<h2>What is available?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Former children\u2019s centre buildings suitable to accommodate Early Years provision<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities to establish, or expand high\u2011quality nursery places<\/li>\n<li>Flexibility to apply for one or multiple locations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tavistock \u2013 restricted opportunity<\/h2>\n<p>A separate opportunity is available in Tavistock, <strong>open only to existing local providers<\/strong>. Although no immediate increase in childcare places is required, this site offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved premises for current provision<\/li>\n<li>Potential for future expansion as demand increases as a result of housing developments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Application packs:<\/h2>\n<p>A competitive tender process will be launched, with application packs available from Monday 22 June 2026 on the following website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/for-providers\/childcare-sufficiency\/new-and-developing-early-years-and-childcare-businesses-page\/opportunities-for-development\/\">Opportunities for Development &#8211; Information for childcare providers<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Packs will include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Full building details<\/li>\n<li>Lease information<\/li>\n<li>Required childcare places<\/li>\n<li>Photographs and site descriptions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please take time to read all the information and if you are interested complete the application form, <span data-teams=\"true\">that is available within each application pack, before midnight on July 5th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There will be a shortlisting process and successful applicants will be invited to attend an interview on 14<sup>th<\/sup> July.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:sue.bolt@devon.gov.uk\">sue.bolt@devon.gov.uk<\/a> in relation to any queries about Hatherleigh or Tavistock<\/p>\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:Tamsin.robertson@devon.gov.uk\">Tamsin.robertson@devon.gov.uk<\/a> in relation to any queries about Sidmouth or Honiton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Years providers are invited to apply for new opportunities to deliver childcare within former children\u2019s centre buildings in Honiton, Sidmouth and Hatherleigh. These sites have been identified as areas where there is a need for additional all\u2011year childcare places for 0\u20134\u2011year\u2011olds, operating 8am\u20136pm.<\/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-20052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 12:49:17","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\/20052","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=20052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20055,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20052\/revisions\/20055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}