Re-instate Machen Village Hall Playgroup to education status.

We the undersigned request that the council re-instate the early years education provider status of the Machen Village Hall Playgroup. The status was suddenly removed by the authority in December 2013 with immediate effect leaving parents with the option of taking their children to the next village for early years education or pay to continue using machen village hall playgroup (some parents cannot afford this).

Other early years education providers are in adjacent villages and would not provide the excellent connection with the local school that Machen Village Hall Playgroup would provide. They prepare them for school with visits from the teachers and taking the children to the school for taster sessions.

Machen Village Hall playgroup has provided excellent early years education to the children of Machen for the last 10 years. It should continue to do so.