The centres in Southbourne and Pokesdown, collectively known as the South Bournemouth Children’s Centres, were amalgamated by Bournemouth Borough Council in September and are supported by a single manager.
Run by the YMCA on behalf of the council, the centres are based within the top 70 per cent of the most deprived areas nationally.
Ofsted inspected the South Bournemouth Children’s Centres in October, under the new inspection framework, and found they are not meeting the needs of families in the area.
Inspectors raised concern that some sessions run by the centres for young children do not always provide ‘high quality learning experiences’.
The report states, ‘The quality of activities and sessions for children are not always of good quality. Children attending Teddy’s Pre-School at Pokesdown and special educational needs sessions receive good provision. Other sessions for children are not linked to the development of local priorities such as the attainment of boys or developing children’s mark making.’
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