The national wraparound childcare programme is part of the childcare reforms announced at the 2023 Spring Budget. The government’s ambition is that by 2026, all parents and carers of primary school-aged children who need it will be able to access term time childcare in their local area from 8am-6pm. To support this ambition, the government announced that it will provide up to £289 million of start-up funding over two academic years to support local authorities and providers in England to introduce or expand childcare provision on either side of the school day, which parents of primary school-aged children will be able to pay to access.
This programme will only focus on primary school-aged children from reception to year 6, Monday to Friday during term time.
Derby LA is aware that provision is already taking place in the city and would like to capture what this primary school provision currently looks like based on need and demand. Could you complete this survey https://forms.office.com/e/JVEbHgtKsT by January 16th 2024, to help us collate this information.