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Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2019 Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2019 Annual report of childcare sufficiency in Doncaster 1 Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 3 1a. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 3 2. Overview of Economic Development in Doncaster ................................................ 5 2a. Quarterly Economic Review .............................................................................. 5 3. Key Data & Information .......................................................................................... 6 3a. Demographics ................................................................................................... 6 3b. Affordability ....................................................................................................... 7 3c. Cost of Childcare ............................................................................................... 8 3d. Tax Free Childcare ........................................................................................... 9 3e. Free School Meals (FSM) ............................................................................... 10 3f. Children’s Ethnicity Data .................................................................................. 11 3g. Supply of Childcare ......................................................................................... 12 3h. Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) .............................................................. 14 3i. Quality of Childcare .......................................................................................... 15 3j. Children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) .............. 16 3k. Parental Demand ............................................................................................ 17 4. Early Education Funding for 2, 3 and 4 Year Olds ............................................... 25 4a. Free Early Education for 2 Year Olds ............................................................. 25 4b. Early Education Places for 3 and 4 Year Olds (Universal Hours) ................... 26 4c. 30 Hours Childcare (Extended Hours) ............................................................ 27 5. Gap Analysis and Action Plan .............................................................................. 28 5a. Type Gaps ...................................................................................................... 28 5b. Availability Gaps ............................................................................................. 29 5c. Action Plan ...................................................................................................... 33 6. Contact Details ..................................................................................................... 42 2 1. Introduction 1a. Introduction Part B of the Early Education and Childcare Statutory Guidance prescribes that local authorities are required by legislation to secure sufficient childcare, so far as is reasonably practicable, for working parents, or parents who are studying or training for employment, for children aged 0-14 (or up to 18 for disabled children). A Childcare Sufficiency Assessment measures the nature and extent of the demand and supply of childcare within a local authority area. It identifies where there are gaps in the childcare market and informs a market management action plan to ensure there are sufficient childcare and early education places. The government has set a number of factors, which can be regarded as the benchmark of sufficiency: • There are sufficient childcare places overall in each pyramid • Provision is flexible and accessible to fit in with working patterns • There is a range of childcare provision that is affordable and of a high quality Childcare sufficiency is not just about having the right number of childcare places to meet the needs of working and training parents, it is about ensuring: the provision is of a high quality; it improves the outcomes for children; narrows the gap in attainment; prepares children for school; and is inclusive and flexible to meet families’ needs. The provision needs to ensure continuity of care and service by being a sustainable business with affordable fees. A sufficient, sustainable, quality childcare market underpins the poverty agenda, supports local economic development and the Councils Starting Well Service early intervention and preventative strategies. There are 16 locality based pyramids across Doncaster. Data and information has been collated and a gap analysis undertaken to provide a localised picture for each area. The Learning Provision Organisation Service has worked in partnership with a range of public, voluntary and private sector partners, early help, schools / academies, service providers and families to collate the information within this report. This report has been collated and produced by the Learning Provision Organisation Service. If you have any comments or wish to discuss the content please contact: [email protected] 3 Local Authorities are required by legislation to: Secure sufficient childcare, so far as is reasonably practicable, for working parents, or parents who are studying or training for employment, for children aged 0 - 14 (or up to 18 for disabled children). To secure sufficient childcare places, local authorities should take into account: • what is ‘reasonably practicable’ when assessing what sufficient childcare means for their area; and • the state of the local childcare market, including the demand for specific types of providers in a particular locality and the amount and type of supply that currently exists; • the state of the labour market including the sufficiency of the local childcare workforce; • the quality and capacity of childcare providers and childminders registered with a childminder agency, including their funding, staff, premises, experience and expertise; • should encourage schools in their area to offer out of hours childcare from 8am to 6pm and in school holidays; • should encourage existing providers to expand their provision and new providers to enter the local childcare market. • Should encourage providers to take a sustainable business approach to planning and signpost providers to resources to support them, for example the business sustainability tool kit published by the department, and can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-business-sustainability All local authorities are responsible for determining the content of their report, geographical division and date of publication. 4 2. Overview of Economic Development in Doncaster Every quarter the 53 Chambers of Commerce in the UK participates in the Quarterly Economic Review. This review is the UK’s biggest business review and overall 6,500 business leaders respond to the review each quarter. On a local level, the Chambers use the results as a barometer of the local economy and to influence Local Authorities and the local Enterprise Partnership. The Sheffield City Region Mayoral Authority is a formal membership of Councils. It includes: Doncaster, Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley Councils. The Councils of Bassetlaw, Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire Dales and Bolsover are ‘non-constituent’ members. 2a. Quarterly Economic Review The results of the Quarterly Economic Review for the Sheffield City Region, in the fourth quarter of 2018, show that these remain challenging times for businesses across the city region, with some wavering of business confidence amidst ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit. In terms of key results, over the last three months sales balances whilst remaining positive overall have declined for both sectors compared to the previous quarter. Looking forward, balances in relation to firms’ order books whilst also still in positive territory, are down from the previous quarter for manufacturers with only a slight improvement for service sector firms. Confidence balances for firms in both sectors have declined from the previous quarter, with the fall particularly pronounced amongst manufacturers where we see historically low levels of confidence for this survey. In general, the picture for manufacturers and service sector firms is somewhat divergent, with some more encouraging indicators for the latter but fewer positive results for the former. Firms in both sectors, on balance, expect prices to rise over the next three months; meanwhile, there is little change from the previous quarter in terms of investment plans. Businesses in both sectors, on balance, expanded their workforces during this quarter, albeit there was a sharp decline in this result for manufacturers from the previous quarter. Firms in both sectors expect, on balance, to hire next quarter, although this result was also less strong amongst manufacturers compared to the previous quarter. The picture amongst exporters largely mirrors that for all businesses in the city region, including more depressed confidence figures amongst exporting manufacturers. With around three months to go until the UK is scheduled to leave the EU, the hot topic for this quarter was Brexit and the perceptions and preparations of businesses in the Sheffield City Region for it. The results indicate that so far only a minority of firms in both sectors have made any special arrangements for Brexit, with such efforts more likely amongst
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