Parents and carers to be consulted about nurseries

Plans are underway to put Mayfield Nursery School into the new Mayfield Schools Campus and move Mount Esk Nursery School into the Hawthornden School Campus in Bonnyrigg.

Consultation about management

Local people, including parents and carers, will be consulted about proposals to move the management of the nurseries under primary school head teachers, which would provide scope to further enhance the Early Level link between early learning and childcare and Primary 1 in the schools. 

Council approval

At the full Council meeting on Tuesday, councillors approved a recommendation to carry out the consultations, which are a statutory requirement if stand-alone nurseries may be incorporated into schools.

More details coming

The dates of the consultations will be announced in due course.