Camden Council’s proposals, which have been issued for public consultation, aim to address excess childcare places in maintained nurseries and make better use of provision available in primary schools.
Removing funding from these nurseries “will enable Camden to make necessary savings and invest in new services for families in their children’s first 1001 days”, the council said.
The council currently runs nine maintained nurseries and five children’s centres.
The introduction of the national funding formula in 2017 meant it was forced to withdraw its offer of 25 hours of early education for all three- and four-year-olds in school and council-maintained nurseries leading to an oversupply of spaces for this age group, the council said.
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