Childcare Sufficiency Profile
January 2019
Emneth & West Walton
Children’s Centre Area
Sufficiency is about childcare places for all children who need it, choice for parents and good quality provision
Sufficiency is about childcare places for all children who need it, choice for parents and good quality provision
Key Findings
There is sufficient number of 2, 3 and 4 year old funded places across the area with 339 places for 243 eligible children
For 0-2’s 8.3% of children can access a childcare place The area has 321 children living in the 20% Most Deprived areas (IDACI), an increase of 70 from October 2017 Migration of children to childcare providers within and without the area for summer 2018 is -18 with 44 coming in and 62 going out In addition to future growth through planning permissions over the next 5 years 500 new homes are being planned east of Wisbech (an additional 48 funded places if/when homes are occupied)
The Out Of School Clubs and holiday provision appear to meet demand
Parents currently have a choice of the type of provider they can access
Ofsted rated ‘Good or Outstanding’ is at 100% for group providers and 100% for childminders
New provision would need to be of high quality to compete in this market and provide a flexible offer to meet parents needs
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Demographics
There are 930 0-5 year olds and 399 3-4 year olds in the
Children’s Centre Lot as of January 2019
Ward 0 1 2 3 4 Total Emneth with Outwell 48 60 42 47 62 259 Mershe Lande 26 25 15 21 26 113 Upwell and Delph 43 35 52 56 50 236 St Lawrence 17 25 22 27 18 109 Walpole 19 19 16 14 29 97 Walton 22 22 23 25 24 116 Total 175 186 170 190 209 930 Total 2, 3 & 4 year olds 170 190 209 569 Total 3 & 4 year olds 190 209 399
Sufficiency is about childcare places for all children who need it, choice for parents and good quality provision
Childcare Provider Type and Sector for 0-5 year olds
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Childcare Provider Quality
Not Yet Provider Type Good Outstanding Total Inspected Childminder 2 18.2% 6 54.5% 3 27.3% 11 Day Nursery 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 1 50.0% 2 Nursery Class 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 Nursery School 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 Pre-School Playgroup 1 25.0% 2 50.0% 1 25.0% 4 Total 4 21.1% 10 52.6% 5 26.3% 19
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Full and Sessional Daycare
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Funded Provider Open All Year Round or Term Time Only
Provider Type All Year Term Time Total Childminder 7 87.5% 1 12.5% 8 Day Nursery 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 2 Nursery Class 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 Nursery School 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 Pre-School Playgroup 0 0.0% 4 100.0% 4 Total 10 62.5% 6 37.5% 16
Sufficiency is about childcare places for all children who need it, choice for parents and good quality provision
Funded Providers for Eligible Two Year Olds
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Childcare Providers
Provider Type Provider Day Care Sector Post Code Ofsted Date Latest Ofsted 0-5s Reg 2yo 3&4yo Type For * Provider Provider Childminder Bishop-Saunders, Zowie Lisa Full Daycare Private PE14 8TD 16/11/2015 Outstanding 18 Yes Yes Childminder Blandford, Petina Louise Full Daycare Private PE14 7EU 15/12/2017 Good 6 Yes Yes Childminder Blandford, Shay-Louise Full Daycare Private PE14 7EU 15/12/2017 Good 6 Yes Yes Childminder Booth, Nicole Andrina Full Daycare Private PE38 0AL - Not Yet Inspected 4 Yes Yes Childminder Bunting, Tanya Joanna Full Daycare Private PE14 8AY 17/12/2013 Outstanding 6 Yes Yes Childminder Cooper, Lynsey Anne Full Daycare Private PE14 8EQ - Not Yet Inspected 4 Yes Yes Childminder Copeman Susan Jane Full Daycare Private PE14 9EJ 07/09/2016 Good 6 No No Childminder Dowe, Julie Ann Full Daycare Private PE34 4RG 01/12/2014 Outstanding 6 Yes Yes Childminder Irvine, Lynne Full Daycare Private PE14 7TB 09/10/2018 Good 6 No No Childminder Pearce, Emma Jane Alena Full Daycare Private PE14 9ES 23/07/2015 Good 6 Yes Yes Childminder Pyatt, Lisa Full Daycare Private PE14 7LA 26/01/2018 Good 6 No No Day Nursery Emneth Nursery School & Full Daycare Maintained PE14 8AY 22/05/2018 Outstanding 24 Yes Yes Children's Centre Day Nursery Krazy Dayz Nursery Ltd Oak Full Daycare Private PE14 7HW 22/08/2016 Good 64 Yes Yes Tree Farm Nursery Class Marshland St James Primary Sessional Academy PE14 8EY - Not Yet Inspected 13 No Yes And Nursery School Daycare Nursery School Emneth Nursery School Sessional Local Authority PE14 8AY 03/12/2014 Good 80 No Yes Daycare Day Nursery Pre-School Playgroup Beaupre Under 5 Centre Sessional Voluntary PE14 8RP 05/05/2015 Outstanding 24 Yes Yes Daycare Pre-School Playgroup Big Adventures Pre-school Sessional Voluntary PE14 7HA - Not Yet Inspected 26 Yes Yes Daycare Pre-School Playgroup Skylarks Pre-School Ltd Full Daycare Private PE34 4RF 22/05/2017 Good 26 Yes Yes Pre-School Playgroup Walpole Area Pre-School Full Daycare Private PE14 7JW 14/04/2016 Good 26 Yes Yes Limited
* September 2018 Ofsted Import now shows Childminders able to take 6 early years children at any one time
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Childcare Costs
Providers Charging by the Hour Providers Charging by the Session Minimum Cost Per Hour £2.33 Minimum Cost Per Session £7.00 Average Cost Per Hour £4.21 Average Cost Per Session £13.59 Maximum Cost Per Hour £5.25 Maximum Cost Per Session £25.00
Providers Charging by the Day Providers Charging by the Week Minimum Cost Per Day £21.90 Minimum Cost Per Week £135.00 Average Cost Per Day £32.77 Average Cost Per Week £160.00
Maximum Cost Per Day £47.50 Maximum Cost Per Week £185.00
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IDACI* Deprivation % September 2018
Childrens Centre Area IDACI Deprivation % 0 1 2 3 4 Total Emneth 10-20% Most Deprived 42 35 45 49 46 217 Emneth 20-30% Most Deprived 44 41 39 44 61 229 Emneth 30-70% Most Deprived 31 26 37 32 36 162 West Walton 10-20% Most Deprived 14 18 22 27 23 104 West Walton 20-30% Most Deprived 30 36 31 25 34 156 West Walton 30-70% Most Deprived 7 14 12 6 10 49
IDACI* 20% Most Deprived Comparison
Oct-17 Sep-18 0- 0- 0-10% 11-20% Total Deprivation 11-20% Total 11-20% Total 10% 10% difference difference difference Emneth & 0 251 251 0 321 321 0 70 70 West Walton
*Income deprivation affecting children index
Sufficiency is about childcare places for all children who need it, choice for parents and good quality provision
0-2 Baby Places
Number of Places being Can access children offered a place
361 30 8.3%
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Funded Places Take Up by Provider
Provider Type Funded 2 year olds ** Provider Type Funded 3 & 4 year olds ** Childminder 1 Childminder 24 Day Nursery 14 Nursery Class 30 Pre-School Playgroup 9 Nursery School 87 Total 24 Pre-School Playgroup 104 Total 245
** Based on Summer Term 2018. A child may be counted more than once if attending multiple providers of different types
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Providers Offering Extended Entitlement
(up to 30 hours)
Provider Type Provider Childminder Blandford, Petina Louise Childminder Blandford, Shay-Louise Childminder Booth, Nicole Andrina Childminder Bunting, Tanya Joanna Childminder Cooper, Lynsey Anne Childminder Dowe, Julie Anne Childminder Pearce, Emma Jane Alena Day Nursery Emneth Nursery School & Children's Centre Day Nursery Krazy Dayz Nursery Ltd Oak Tree Farm Nursery Class Marshland St James Primary and Nursery School Nursery School Emneth Nursery School Pre-School Playgroup Big Adventures Pre-school Pre-School Playgroup Skylarks Pre-School Ltd Pre-School Playgroup Walpole Area Pre-School Limited
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Key Data
Of the 399 three & four year olds there are possibly 196 wanting a funded childcare place as 203 four year olds have been offered their place in Reception class. There are 47 eligible 2 year olds
There are 11 Childminders, 2 Day Nurseries, 1 Nursery Class, 1 Nursery School and 4 Pre- school Playgroup providing 0-5 year old childcare for up to 357 children at any one time
339 of the 357 places available are for funded children
Open and Closed Providers – This area has gained 1 Childminder and 1 Pre-school Playgroup but lost 1 Nursery Class and 1 Pre-school Playgroup with a net gain of 14 places
There is a maximum of 965 fifteen hour funded places available. To balance business needs and parental demand providers will choose the number of funded places made available
Of the 357 places 137 are being made available for disadvantaged two year olds
Take up for Early Education Funding for 3-4 year olds was 80.3% for the summer 2018 claim period, up 2.0% from spring 2018
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Key Data cont.
Take up for Early Education Funding for 2 year olds was 44.6% for the summer 2018 claim period with 29 of 65 eligible children taking up all or part of their free entitlement. Down 16% from spring 2018
Regarding migration of 2, 3 & 4 year old funded children 225 local childcare places were accessed by children living in the area and 44 children living outside the CC area taking up 269 childcare places. 62 local children accessed childcare places outside the area
260 children accessed 269 places indicating 9 children accessed shared care within the area
2 children have deferred access to school reception class for autumn 2018
Of the 357 childcare places 238 are available all year round and 119 are available term time only
Average distance travelled to access childcare is 2.6 miles with the furthest distance travelled being 43.2 miles
Existing and prospective childcare providers should always undertake their own market research to understand local childcare needs, other factors such as the location of provision in neighbouring wards, travel patterns and future housing developments need to be considered when planning for places
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Future Growth
Projected increase of 83 new homes have approximately 8 3-4 full planning consent year olds requiring pre- over the next five years school childcare
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Out of School Provision and Charges
Providers Charging by the Hour Providers Charging by the Session Minimum Cost Per Hour £4.50 Minimum Cost Per Session £1.50 Average Cost Per Hour £4.50 Average Cost Per Session £6.13 Maximum Cost Per Hour £4.50 Maximum Cost Per Session £16.00
Providers Charging by the Day Providers Charging by the Week Minimum Cost Per Day £27.00 Minimum Cost Per Week £135.00 Average Cost Per Day £29.50 Average Cost Per Week £135.00 Maximum Cost Per Day £32.00 Maximum Cost Per Week £135.00
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Out of School Providers
Provider Type Provider Day Care Sector Post Code Ofsted Date Latest Ofsted After School Club Krazy Dayz Nursery Ltd Oak Tree Farm Out OfType School Private PE14 7HW 22/08/2016 Good After School Club Walpole Wallabies - After School Club Out Of School Academy PE14 7NG 20/02/2018 Good After School Club West Walton Community Primary School -After Out Of School Maintained PE14 7HA 01/03/2016 Good School Club Breakfast Club Early Birds - Breakfast Club Out Of School Academy PE14 7NG 20/02/2018 Good Breakfast Club Krazy Dayz Nursery Ltd Oak Tree Farm Out Of School Private PE14 7HW 22/08/2016 Good Breakfast Club Tilney St. Lawrence Community Primary School Out Of School Maintained PE34 4QZ 17/12/2013 Good Breakfast Club Breakfast Club Upwell Academy Breakfast Club Out Of School Academy PE14 9EW - Not Yet Inspected Breakfast Club West Walton Community Primary School-Breakfast Out Of School Maintained PE14 7HA 01/03/2016 Good Club Holiday Playscheme Krazy Dayz Nursery Ltd Oak Tree Farm Out Of School Private PE14 7HW 22/08/2016 Good Holiday Playscheme West Walton Community Primary School Holiday Out Of School Maintained PE14 7HA 01/03/2016 Good Scheme
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Data Sources and Contact
Area Map Norfolk County Council e-Publishing Team Norfolk County Council Place Planning Officer Key Findings, Key Data (Analysis) Demographics; Childcare Provider Type and Sector for 0-5 year olds; Childcare Provider Quality; Full and Sessional Daycare; Funded Provider Open All Year Round or Term Time Only; Funded providers for Eligible Two Year Olds; Childcare Providers; Childcare Costs; IDACI Norfolk County Council Intelligence and Deprivation %; IDACI 20% Most Deprived Analytics Service; Early Years Finance Team Comparison; Funded Places Take Up by Provider; 3 and 4 year old extended entitlement (30 hours free childcare); Out of School Provision and Charges; Out Of School Providers
Norfolk County Council Education Participation, Future Growth Infrastructure & Partnerships Service Peter Elwick, Place Planning Officer [email protected]
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