The Education (Nursery Education and Early Years Development) (England) Regulations 1999

Regulation 3(2)(c)

SCHEDULE MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATEMENT OF PROPOSALS

The statement of proposals must deal with the matters set out in the following paragraphs of this Schedule.

1.  Describe the provision to be made for children who have not attained compulsory school age, but who have attained the age prescribed by regulation 2 of these Regulations (“relevant children”).

2.  Explain how demand for nursery education for relevant children in the local education authority’s area will be met.

3.  Give an estimate of the number of places for the nursery education of relevant children to be funded in each term falling within the financial year separately for establishments maintained by the local education authority and at establishments not so maintained.

4.  Describe the likely effect on changes in demand for places caused by children moving between the area of the local education authority and that of other local education authorities.

5.  Contain a list of all those persons providing nursery education who are (or will be) receiving nursery education grant(1) or who are under consideration to receive such grant, and who are located in the local education authority’s area at the start of the period to which the statement of proposals relates.

6.  Provide evidence that the local education authority have considered what arrangements should be made for the provision of transport for the purpose of enabling relevant children to take advantage of the facilities for nursery education which are available, and set out the local education authority’s policies on the provision of transport to and from the premises of any institutions at which such education is provided.

(1)

Nursery education grant is the grant payable to providers of nursery education in accordance with section 1 of the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996 (c. 50).