Save Leapfrog - Stop The Closure of Netherton Park SEND For Early Years

31/03/2023

Please read the statement that has been released by the Dudley Parent Carer Forum confirming that they had no input in the decision even though the local authority claimed they had.
This is not transparency that the local council are constantly preaching about!

30/03/2023

Please see the coverage made on BBC iPlayer from BBC Midlands on the link below. As soon as the article is posted on their page I will try my best to make sure people know we are here and try and gain some more support in stopping the closure on leapfrog.
Can I please ask if you haven’t done so already to sign and share our petition.
If anyone is free on the 17th of April please come and join our protest outside of Dudley Town Hall!

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29/03/2023

https://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/23421547.anger-changes-dudley-early-special-needs-education/

PARENTS of children with special needs in the Dudley borough have slammed proposals to make changes to specialist early years education which they…

20/03/2023

Please sign our petition to help stop the closing of Leapfrog (SEND facilities at Netherton Park Nursery)

Stop the closure of SEND Facilities (Leapfrog) at Netherton Park Nursery - Dudley

18/03/2023

Good morning everyone,
Geraint Davies MP is leading a Westminster debate on the 22nd of March. If you are able to follow the link below and share your experiences on a short survey, not just about nursery but your experience with the way the SEND journey is as a whole. Hopefully it will help in getting our voices heard!

https://ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/cet-workforce-send/index.html?utm_campaign=0323-cet-workforcesend&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=msforms&utm_term=contributors #

Geraint Davies MP is leading a Westminster Hall debate and wants to hear your experiences.

16/03/2023

The integrated early years service has already been massively downsized over the last 18 months, making staff redundant and reducing the services that can be provided to help our children. The local authority are now planning on closing 2 SEN nursery’s, that have been rated outstanding by OFSTED, to create hubs in mainstream settings around the borough. We want the council to change the plan of closing SEN nursery’s (leapfrog) at Netherton park, to have this as their main hub or even for the council to leave this nursery as it is, like they are doing with the Phoenix Centre.
This nursery in general is the best that anyone could want for their child, the fact they have leapfrog is extremely rare compared to other local authorities. We need to hold onto this and fight to keep what facilities we have left, to help our children develop and reach their potential. I have created this page to gather support that they should not be closing the SEN facilities at Netherton Park and for parents who have had children that have attended the nursery, even before the changes that were made 18 months ago to share the experiences in how leapfrog benefited their children.
I want us to make it known to everyone how amazing this nursery is and how important it is for our children’s development that it stays as it is!