Can accommodation used as a nursery by a registered private provider (rather than the LEA) still be excluded from the net capacity by marking it with an E?
A. To be excluded as ‘Early Years Provision’ by marking with an ‘E’, we would normally expect early years/childcare facilities to be part of the Local Authority’s Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership Development Plan (or that they are going to be included in the near future). Where the LEA has not approved such use, the spaces involved should be included in the assessment although they need not be marked as classbases or teaching spaces.
