At present, the city has 16 children’s centres. In February, councillors voted to keep all centres open but reduce funding for them by 30 per cent or £2.25m.
The council has already made cuts of £750,000 leaving savings of £1.5m still to be found. So far the council claims it has protected frontline services but reduced central support for children’s centres.
The current consultation proposes to achieve the remaining savings by cutting the 11 full-time children’s centre teacher posts, which aim to provide education support for families and help children’s transition to school. Instead, the council said children’s centres will work more closely with the local early years quality team.
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