PLANS to install a nursery at a primary school have been given the green light after no objections were received.

The Vale council cabinet approved the proposal at a meeting last week.

The proposal will create all-through primary provision for three to 11 year olds in order to enhance standards at Fairfield Primary School with provision that is easily accessible for children.

The report says the proposal would meet future demand and provide additional high quality local authority nursery places in the Penarth area.

It also says an overall increase in the number of pupils across the Vale of Glamorgan would result in increased funding for education from Welsh Government through the revenue support grant.

During 2015, the Foundation Phase building from Ysgol Dewi Sant in Llantwit Major was relocated to Fairfield Primary School with the intention of it being utilised as an early years' intervention base which would be a satellite of Ysgol Y Deri.

In recognition of the need to establish a nursery at Fairfield Primary School, the early years intervention base did not move into the building so remained at Ysgol Y Deri for an alternative suitable site to be identified.

The Fairfield school building will require some adaptation to make it is suitable for nursery provision which is estimated to cost in the region of £20,000.

This cost will be met from funding which has been set aside in the capital programme under the scheme to re-site the

modular building from Ysgol Dewi Sant.

A report recommending the council consult on the proposal was presented to cabinet in October 2016.

Cabinet approved the recommendation to carry out a consultation which took place between January 3 and 14 February 14.

Nursery provision in the Penarth area is currently offered by a range of maintained

and private nurseries.

Primary schools in Penarth and the surrounding area offer maintained nursery provision with the exception of Evenlode and Fairfield primary schools.

Maintained nursery school places for children residing in the catchment areas for Evenlode and Fairfield primary schools are currently provided by two stand-alone nursery schools; Cogan and Bute Cottage.

Additional revenue funding would be required to meet the operational costs of the nursery due to an increase in pupil numbers.

This would be found from within the overall schools' budget and from additional Education Improvement Grant due to additional pupil numbers.