The council's cabinet will discuss the moves on 10 January as it looks to find savings of £28m in the next financial year, including £6.95m in children's services. It anticipates making cuts totalling £65m over the next three years.
In documents to be discussed by cabinet, officers say the council can only afford to directly fund six centres.
Instead, the council hopes that private providers and local schools will take a greater share in meeting the running costs of centre services.
A council spokesman said that the anticipated model for children's centres is for six "hub" centres with the remaining centres acting as "spokes" where other organisations provide more local provision. The council also plans to open another centre to bring the total to 16, he added.
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