Part VNursery education
Early years development partnerships
119Early years development partnerships
1
Every local education authority shall establish for their area a body to be known as an early years development partnership (“the partnership”).
2
In establishing the partnership and determining its constitution the authority shall have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State.
3
The authority may establish a sub-committee of the partnership for any part of their area.
4
The authority shall make arrangements—
a
for the meetings and proceedings of the partnership and any such sub-committee, and
b
for the partnership (and any such sub-committee) to be provided with accommodation and with such services as the authority consider appropriate.
5
The functions of the partnership shall be to work with the authority—
a
in reviewing the sufficiency of the provision of nursery education for the authority’s area for the purposes of section 118, and
b
in preparing early years development plans under section 120.
6
The Secretary of State may by order confer on early years development partnerships such additional functions as are specified in the order.