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Proposed closure of Springfield Primary School's nursery
Springfield Primary School is a Local Authority maintained school with an attached nursery. It is for children aged 3 to 11. The proposal is to permanently close the nursery attached to the school.
The nursery has been closed temporarily since 1 September 2023 with no pupils in attendance
It is proposed to permanently close the nursery by 25 July 2025. Full details of the notice are available on this page.
Reason for closure
There has been a reduction in the number of children taking up a place at the early year’s nursery (3 to 4-year-old) at Springfield over the last 5 years. This is despite the best efforts of the school and its governors to improve this.
Alternative provisions
There are 39 nursery and PVI settings in the area delivering early years provision. There are excess places across the area for 3 and 4-year-olds with a 93% take-up rate.
There are also private provisions in the area that can offer more flexibility than the school nursery in terms of:
- age-range
- opening hours
- outside of term-time provision
This means that families would still have access to an Early Years place within their community for their children despite the closure of this nursery.
The locations of other nursery and PVI settings in the area are between 0.4 and 7 miles from Springfield Primary School, so it is not expected that this proposal would increase the number of car journeys.
For anything to do with the proposal, please contact Rebecca Fletcher on 07789032074 or rebecca.fletcher@sheffield.gov.uk.
Consultation
Springfield Primary School, its Governors and Sheffield City Council will be holding a consultation on this proposal for a 6-week period from Friday 11 October 2024 to Friday 22 November 2024.
The consultation will take place under various methods to make sure as many people as possible can respond with their views. A Have Your Say Survey has also been launched
In person consultation sessions will be held in the community at local venues such as Springfield Primary School and Sharrow Family Hub.
Any person may object to or make comments on the proposal by sending them to:
Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families
c/o Rebecca Fletcher
Education and Childcare Commissioning Team
Level 1, Howden House
1 Union Street
Sheffield
S1 2SH
The closing date for responses is Friday 22 November 2024.