Nineteen nurseries and children's centres are to stay open following a consultation exercise.
The settings provide free places for low-income families, with 150 places reserved for parents who pay fees, the majority council workers.
There are 23 community nurseries providing 868 full-time childcare places. Six of these are based at children's centres.
A council spokesperson confirmed that having reviewed arrangements for nursery provision, the future of the 19 nurseries and children's centres was 'secure for the foreseeable time'.
More than 200 nursery staff had been faced with redundancy when the council revealed plans earlier this year to move its daycare services into children's centres to save £1.45m (News, 28 January).
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