Childcare sufficiency assessments: Guidance

Provider:

DCSF

Topics:

Early years and childcare

Type:

Information and guidance

Date:

February 2007

This guidance and the accompanying regulations set the framework for carrying out assessments of the sufficiency of childcare within a local authority area. They clarify what is required to fulfil the duty in section 11 of the Childcare Act 2006. The guidance covers:

• how the assessment duty fits with existing legislation
• who is to be consulted
• what it is to be considered within the assessment
• and how the finished document is to be publicised and reviewed. 

Also contained within the guidance are examples of best practice, suggestions about possible methods and formats, and links to useful sources of information.

Click to read more about the childcare sufficiency assessments or to download a toolkit to help local authorities create surveys to support the process.

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Last updated on 01/02/2007