inability to offer wrap around care is not the only reason, it one of the ways they explained *why* the nursery is too small though.
I've just read the full report, and I can't find in it any reference to no more full-time places, that was told me by my new boss yesterday, she is the head teacher of a primary school with a nursery attached. its nursery has almost all full time children in free places, so she would be in a position to know. i suspect they won't be announcing that yet.
we now have a lib dem SNP coalition running edinburgh. our natural ally should be the local lib dem councillor, who Bill leaflets for. he has a child who should be of nursery age this year. the only problem is that he's now the council's finance bod. we still intend on calling in the favours.
it's a council decision, based on funding from holyrood.