A new pre-school could be about to open at Hunnyhill Primary School in Newport.
The school has applied to lower their age range from 4-years-old to 3-years-old in order to continue the offer of preschool provision on the school site.
The plans, if approved by the Isle of Wight Council’s Cabinet on Thursday (16th November), could see up to 32 children aged 3-4 enrol on the site.
An existing private pre-school on the site, Jigsaw Preschool, is closing and the proposal is for those staff to move across to the main school.
Cabinet lead for Children’s Services, Education and Lifelong Skills, Councillor Debbie Andre, said:
“If agreed by Cabinet this will be really good news for the school. The existing staff would transfer over and would provide continuity of care for the pre-schoolers already attending and keep the pre-school provision for the community.
“This is part of our key aim to work with local communities and make sure they have good or outstanding local school provision and ensure schools have a sustainable future to build on.”
The move follows consultation with parents/carers, and all school and pre-school staff.
The current capacity of Hunnyhill Primary School is 420, with 381 children currently registered and will be unaffected by this proposal as the pre-school capacity of 32 will be separate from this.
An Ofsted inspection of the primary school carried out in 2013 judged the school as good, followed by an inspection finding the same in 2017.
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