Falkirk Council is planning to remove 150 three and four-year-olds from their settled nursery place where they currently receive their 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare, to a council-run, term-time only, setting.
The proposals are set out in the Council’s Revenue and Budget 2025/26 and Financial Strategy ahead of a full council meeting on Thursday (6 March).
According to the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Scotland, there are 14 private nurseries in the Falkirk area but one of them is closing in April. The council has told the remaining 13 nurseries that they need to remove between 10 and 15 children each. For the second year this is likely to include their funded two-year-olds as well.
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