A. OCC are under statutory obligation to ensure the provision of Foundation Stage Education for four year olds in all settings: playgroup, pre-school, day nursery, independent or maintained sector nursery or reception class. Local private and voluntary providers receive direct Government grant funding for new and existing places. In September 2004, all 3 year olds will be entitled to a publicly funded Foundation Stage place.

B. To facilitate this provision the Governors and OCC are desirous of permitting part of the premises of A School to be used for the community purpose of the provision of child care/early education facilities for children from the age of [3] years;

D. OCC, the Governors and B are desirous of taking steps to ensure that a unified and agreed approach is developed in regard to the provision of childcare and the provision of education for children between the ages of 3 and 5 years, i.e. children to whom the Foundation Stage Curriculum applies. The purposes of this unified and agreed approach includes maximising the provision of:-

E. In order to facilitate the objects set out above the parties have agreed the terms set out below.

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9. For the avoidance of doubt the above sets out the totality of premises, facilities, fixtures and fittings and utilities to be provided to B by OCC and/or the Governors in regard to the provision by B of child care/early education at A School. This Agreement does not permit the making of any additional arrangements which would involve any part of the budget allocated to or for A School by OCC and/or the Governors to be used for funding the provision of child care/early education by B at A School. Further guidance is given in the PEYU Handbook , page 15.

11. A Joint Steering Group ("JSG") will be established prior to the commencement of B's occupation hereunder.

12. The purpose of the JSG will be to examine and monitor the performance of the Agreement, in particular, the extent to which the purposes of this Agreement are being achieved. The JSG will make such recommendations as it considers appropriate to OCC, the Governors, the senior management of B and to the Staff Planning Group referred to below in regard to the performance of this Agreement and the achievement of the purposes of this Agreement. If implementation of any such recommendation is not agreed by OCC and/or the Governors and/or the senior management of B and/or the Staff Planning Group, the dissentient(s) will provide written reasons for the refusal to implement the recommendation(s) to the JSG within 14 days of the decision to refuse to accept the recommendation.

13 When any recommendation of the JSG is agreed, the JSG will monitor the implementation of that recommendation.

14. The JSG will make an annual report on the performance of this Agreement and will provide copies of that Report to OCC, the Governors, the Senior Management of B and the Staff Planning Group and, on written request, to any parent of any child within the Foundation Stage for any part of the year which is the subject matter of the report.

15. The JSG will comprise:-

16. The JSG will meet not less than quarterly.

17. A Staff Planning Group ("SPG") will be established prior to the commencement of B's occupation hereunder.

18. The purposes of the SPG will be to discuss and consider the best methods of giving effect on a day to day basis to the proper performance of this Agreement, and, if possible, to agree a planning and development framework for the children within the Foundation Stage Curriculum and the staff working with these children which seeks to further the purposes of this Agreement.

19. The SPG will agree, if possible, the development framework within not more than 3 months from the commencement of B's occupation hereunder, and will provide a copy of the said framework to the JSG and to each member of staff of A School or B who is involved in providing education to, or child care/early education facilities to, children to whom the Foundation Stage Curriculum applies. This framework shall consider joint training needs of staff.

20. The SPG will consider such amendments to the development framework as may be recommended to it by the JSG, and will follow the requirements set out at paragraph 12 above if the SPG does not agree with the suggested amendments. If agreement between the JSG and SPG cannot be reached as to the amendment(s) within 4 weeks of the SPG's submission of its reasons for not accepting the JSG's recommendations, the said amendments will be incorporated into the development framework forthwith unless the amendment would involve any alteration of the complement of staff or staff's terms and conditions of employment or any additional expenditure on the part of any of the parties hereto.

21. The SPG will comprise not less than one member of staff of A School, and one member of staff of B's staff, both of whom are employed in working with children at A School in regard to whom the Foundation Stage Curriculum applies.

22. The SPG will meet not less than once every four weeks during A School's term.

24. This Agreement will continue unless and until determined pursuant to the provisions immediately below.