Council bosses have agreed to a £750,000 transfer of a Derbyshire nursery into a nearby primary school. The move is due to running costs and difficulties in sustaining its existing building in one of the “most deprived areas” in the county.
Derbyshire County Council approved the move at its cabinet meeting, on Monday, July 10, for Gamesley Early Excellence Centre, on Winster Mews, at Glossop, to be transferred to the adjacent site of Gamesley Primary School, at Grindleford Gardens, in Glossop. The decision to move Gamesley Early Excellence Centre arose after an external childcare provider which had shared the original building vacated the site leaving a substantial space with increased running costs and difficulties in sustaining the nursery school.
Derbyshire County Councillor Alex Dale, Cabinet member for Education, said: “It has been the focus of quite a bit of work across the county with the department looking at the rationalisation of assets we have in that area. There was wrap-around childcare in that former building but that faltered in 2019/20 leaving a much larger space for Gamesley Early Excellence Centre and that has increased costs and there is a challenge to run another nursery school in that area.”
