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(UK) Teesside: Council to open special needs preschool for 15

Jan 20, 2025, Teesside Live: Plans approved to convert ex caretaker's bungalow into special educational needs nursery

NE England


Plans have been approved to convert a former caretaker's bungalow into a nursery for children with special educational needs.


Proposals were submitted to Hartlepool Council last year to bring the former caretaker's building at Stranton Primary School, which has been vacant since September 2021, back into use. Plans will see the bungalow become a new nursery for Little Rays of Sunshine Daycare, who have an existing site in Oxford Road providing early years provision.


The application from bosses at the childcare service states the development will enable them "to provide specialised care for pre-school children with special educational needs". A report from council planning officers confirmed the proposals have been approved, adding it is understood the site would cater "for up to 15 children".


The development will provide a "discernible benefit to the nursery pupils who will have a dedicated special educational needs provision in a secure setting", according to application documents.


The site is to operate between 7.30am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday and have three full-time and three part-time employees.



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