Nursery Education Fund: Beaulieu Nursery (FOI)

​Request

Can you please provide me with copies of the minutes of the meeting detailing the decision to include Beaulieu nursery in the NEF. Education Director Justin Donovan stated in a meeting on 9 September 2016 that such minutes should be available.

Response

The decision to include Beaulieu in the Nursery Education Fund (NEF) was not discussed at a meeting at which minutes were taken.

Nursery providers are able to apply to join the NEF if they meet the criteria for entry. The provider will then make an application to join the scheme and will meet with departmental officials to discuss this application prior to the signing of the Partnership Agreement.