The County Playdays are back!!

This August there will be a whole range of activities for youngsters accompanied by their mums, dads or carers. There will be lots of arts and crafts activities, water challenges, space hopper racing, fun outdoors and environmental play with mud and clay. By popular demand there are circus skills and under 5’s activities.

Entrance to the playdays and all the activities is Free. There’s no need to book as there is room for everyone. Just come along between 1pm and 4pm or ring 01623 434031 for more details.

August 5 - King’s Park, Hospital Road, Retford DN22 7BG

August 6- Carr Bank Park, Windmill Lane, Mansfield NG18 2AL

August 7 - Kingsway Park, Hodgkinson Road, Kirkby in Ashfield NG17 7DJ

August 11 Eastwood Hall Park, Mansfield Road, Eastwood NG16 3AR

August 12- Arnot Hill Park, Nottingham Road, Arnold NG5 6LU

August 13- Riverside Park, Beast Market Hill, Newark NG24 1BH

Annual Performance Assessment rates the County Council’s Children and Young People’s Services as “good”

The County Council’s Children and Young People’s Services department has now received details of the Ofsted judgements following the Annual Performance Assessment (APA) of its services in 2008.

The overall assessment of the effectiveness of the department’s services is ‘good’. This is an improvement on the 2007 rating.

Anthony May, the County Council’s Corporate Director for Children and Young People’s Services, said; “These results are very good indeed and reflect a real team effort across all our services”.

The APA letter from Ofsted is viewable online.