Closure, sale or transfer of childcare settings

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Dear Bury Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please provide information on how many of Bury's nurseries and children's centres have been sold, transferred or closed between January 2015 and June 2021. Please provide the full address of each of the buildings that have been affected and the super output area in which they are located.

Of those that have been sold or transferred please detail (by providing the full address) how many went to
- public sector organisations (including schools, colleges and health providers)
- private providers (for profit providers)
- voluntary and/ or community sector providers (not for profit providers)

Please detail how many childcare places this represents in total and detail the number of childcare places that have been transferred in settings sold or transferred broken down by public sector providers, private providers and voluntary and community sector providers.

Please detail how many staff posts this represents in total and detail the number of staff posts in settings sold or transferred to public sector providers, private providers and voluntary and community sector providers.

Many thanks for your swift response.

Yours faithfully,

Lucie Stephens

FOI, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

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FOI Childrens Services, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

 
Request for Information - Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)
 
Further to your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act received on 26^th July 2021, I am able to supply the
following information on behalf of Bury Council.
 
 
Please provide information on how many of Bury's nurseries and children's
centres have been sold, transferred or closed between January 2015 and
June 2021. Please provide the full address of each of the buildings that
have been affected and the super output area in which they are located.
Local Authority Nurseries: 0
 
Closed Children’s Centres:

Name Full Address SOA End Date
Daisyfield Children's St Stephens C Of E Primary
Centre- School, Colville Drive, Bury, E01004951 07-Aug-2015
BL8 2DX
High Meadow Children's St Johns C Of E School,
Centre Johnson Street, Radcliffe, E01005013 07-Aug-2015
Manchester, M26 1AW
Moorside Children's St Johns & St Mark C Of E
Centre Primary School, , Bury, BL9 E01004979 07-Aug-2015
5EE
Ramsbottom Children's Ramsbottom Library, E01005014 07-Aug-2015
Centre Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9AE
Toodle Hill Children's Heaton Park Cp School,
Centre Whitefield, Manchester, M45 E01004971 07-Aug-2015
6TE
Tottington Children's Tottington Library, E01005049 07-Aug-2015
Centre Tottington, Bury, BL8 3LL

 
Of those that have been sold or transferred please detail (by providing
the full address) how many went to
- public sector organisations (including schools, colleges and health
providers)
- private providers (for profit providers)
- voluntary and/ or community sector providers (not for profit providers)
 
: Answer: No Children Centres were sold or transferred- the ones in the
table above were closed and re-purposed by Bury Council i.e. still owned
by Bury Council
 
Please detail how many childcare places this represents in total: Answer:
0
and detail the number of childcare places that have been transferred in
settings sold or transferred broken down by public sector providers,
private providers and voluntary and community sector providers. : Answer:
0
 
Please detail how many staff posts this represents in total and detail the
number of staff posts in settings sold or transferred to public sector
providers, private providers and voluntary and community sector providers.
: Answer: 0
 
 
 
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Yours sincerely
 
 
Abbie Rayner
Senior Business Support (Information) Strategy & Commissioning |
Department for Children and Young People Bury Council | 3 Knowsley Place |
Duke Street | Bury | BL9 0EJ
 
 
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From: FOI <[4][Bury Council request email]>
Sent: 16 July 2021 10:45
To: FOI Childrens Services <[5][email address]>
Cc: FOI <[6][Bury Council request email]>
Subject: FOI 13058
 
 
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