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Opportunity to operate day nursery provision

Day nursery provision - Children in a nurseryMilton Keynes Council would like to invite applications from interested parties to operate day nursery provision at one or more of the establishments currently operating from the following locations:

  • Fledglings Day Nursery, Wadhurst Lane, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes, MK7 6JF
  • Little Chestnuts Day Nursery, Chestnuts Primary School, St Georges Road, Far Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 5EN
  • Westcroft Day Nursery, 4, Wimborne Crescent, Westcroft, MK4 4DE
  • Wolverton Day Nursery, Wyvern School, Aylesbury Street, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5HU

Providers must be able to demonstrate their ambition to provide high quality, flexible childcare and education and have sound leadership, management, business and financial practices.

Interested parties are invited to visit the nurseries. Open evenings for Fledglings and Wolverton Day Nurseries will be Monday 14 November 2011 and Little Chestnuts and Westcroft will be Tuesday 15 November 2011, 6.30-8.00pm. Click here for latest information on open evenings [New].

Information and application documents for each day nursery provision are provided below. Generic information and links to common documents can be found on the right hand side.

How to apply

Your application should be submitted to the council electronically to daynurseryprovision@milton-keynes.gov.uk and by no later than 12 noon, Wednesday 30 November 2011.

Update 28 November 2011 Following feedback, the process has now been enhance to maximise support for applicants, so that the Council can ensure they achieve the best outcome for these Day Nursery Provisions. The Clarification Meetings will now also provide feedback to applicants on the relative strengths and weaknesses of their applications. Following these meetings there will be guidance to assist applicants in the further development of their applications (Human Resources, Legal, Finance, Nursery Operations/Quality etc). There will also be support in relation to the potentially complex areas of Staff Transfers under TUPE and ongoing Pensions Provision, where a number of suitable options are available. This additional guidance will enable applicants the opportunity to refine their applications to ensure that, on final submission (31 January 2012), they are as comprehensive and commercially robust as possible.

For the Wolverton Site only there is the additional concession that the initial application date, where necessary, can be extended from 30 November 2011 to 31 January 2012. Applicants who wish to take advantage of this extension should email us at their earliest convenience so that we can facilitate a Clarification Meeting (Email: daynurseryprovision@milton-keynes.gov.uk).

Answering your questions

If you have any questions or queries, please get in touch with us by email: daynurseryprovision@milton-keynes.gov.uk.

Any questions submitted will be responded to within 48 hours and will be available to view here: Frequently asked questions. The deadline for submitting questions is Wednesday 23 November.

Updated - 30 November 2011

Timescale

You can access the timescale for day nursery provision here.

Click here to view the timescale

Sufficiency audit

You can view a sufficiency audit for day nursery provision here.

Day nursery provision sufficiency audit

Staffing terms and conditions

The terms and conditions for day nursery staff are available here.

Click here to view staffing terms and conditions
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