Dear Kyle Smith,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Thank you for your information request received on 28/07/2023 our
reference FCIR: 47104 relating to Freedom of Information request - EY
Data. This is being dealt with in terms of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002.

We are presently assessing your request and may be in touch soon to ask
for further clarification or to offer advice and assistance if we are not
able to fulfil your request in its present form.

The legislation allows us up to 20 working days from the date that we
receive a valid request, including any clarification we require, to make a
final response.  We will be in touch within 20 working days of receipt of
your initial request to provide our response or to seek clarification
where necessary.  We hope to provide you with the information you are
looking for at an earlier date where possible.

Yours sincerely,

Ross

Ross Wiggin

Information Assistant

Information Management & Requests Team (IMRT)

Fife Council

Fife House

Glenrothes

KY7 5LT

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Dear Kyle Smith,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION

I refer to your information request received on 28/07/2023 our reference
FCIR: 47104 relating to maintained nurseries.

Request – Please provide the following answer and data requests below.

If your authority does not have manage maintained nursery schools, please
disregard the whole request.

1. Provide a list of a head of department contact who manages 'Early
Years', the list should include their name and email address.

2. Provide a list of 'Maintained Nursery Schools' operating with a
deficit.

3. If any 'Maintained Nursery Schools' have been discussed of possible
closure, or ear marked for closure, please list them.

Clarification Required - please clarify what is meant by a maintained
nursery, this is not terminology that fife council uses.

If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you
have the right to request a review of the decision.  Please write to: Head
of Legal & Democratic Services, Finance & Corporate Services, Fife House,
North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT or e-mail to [email address]. 
The law provides for you to make this request up to 60 workings days from
when we received your enquiry or 40 working days from when you receive
this correspondence whichever is the later date.  Where the outcome of the
review fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction you have
the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a
decision.www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

Fife Council will consider and seek to resolve any request to the Head of
Legal & Democratic Services that falls outside these timescales.

Yours sincerely

Ross

Ross Wiggin

Information Assistant

Information Management & Requests Team (IMRT)

Fife Council

Fife House

Glenrothes

KY7 5LT

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Dear Kyle Smith,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

I refer to your information request received 28^th July 2023, our ref
FCIR: 47104. Please find the request and my response below.

Request

Please provide the following answer and data requests below.

If your authority does not have manage maintained nursery schools, please
disregard the whole request.

1. Provide a list of a head of department contact who manages 'Early
Years', the list should include their name and email address.

2. Provide a list of 'Maintained Nursery Schools' operating with a
deficit.

3. If any 'Maintained Nursery Schools' have been discussed of possible
closure, or ear marked for closure, please list them.

Response

Thank you for providing clarification on the term ‘maintained nursery.’ We
can proceed on the basis you are seeking information on nurseries managed
by the Local Authority.

However it has since come to our attention the term ‘maintained nursery’
is mostly used in the context of an educational facility in England as
follows:

‘Maintained Nursery Schools (MNS) were set up more than a century ago to
provide early education and childcare to disadvantaged children in the
most deprived areas of England. Although MNS are early education
providers, they are legally constituted as schools. Like maintained
schools, they have a head teacher, governing body, delegated budget and at
least one teacher with qualified teacher status (QTS), but they differ
from schools in having a dedicated head teacher who is an Early Years
specialist. There are currently 392 MNS, although this number has declined
from around 600 in 1988.’

I confirm Fife Council does not manage any maintained nurseries as per the
definition above. In compliance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland)
Act 2002, we are required to provide notice that the information requested
is therefore not held under S17 - No information held.

If you are dissatisfied with this response, you can ask us to carry out a
review of the decision. You must do this in writing (or other permanent
form) within 40 working days of the date of this email. Your review should
explain why you are dissatisfied with our response and we will respond to
you within 20 working days of receipt. A review should be made to the Head
of Legal & Democratic Services:

Post: Head of Legal & Democratic Services
Finance & Corporate Services
Fife House
North Street
Glenrothes
KY7 5LY
Email: [1][email address]

If you remain dissatisfied following the review stage, you have the right
to appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision. Please
refer to the following guidance on how to make a valid appeal:
[2]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

Yours sincerely,

Gemma
Gemma Harrison
Information Management & Requests
Fife Council

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