Update for 11 December 2025

Childcare Works would like to recognise the huge effort from LAs over the last few months in getting your autumn MI submissions completed for the deadline on Friday 5th December.

Wraparound Autumn MI Submissions 

If you receive an email from the CW helpdesk related to your MI template, please respond as soon as possible so as to not delay reporting to the DfE. Please note, once CW have finished reviewing the MI templates, they will be locked for your editing. Thank you. 

Cluster meetings 

Thank you to everyone who attended the December cluster meetings, your contributions are very much valued. Dates for the January cluster meetings are below. If you have not booked a place, please do so as soon as possible.  

If you are unable to attend your usual cluster, please sign up to attend an alternative meeting. If you are unable to attend a meeting at all, please let your adviser know as soon as possible. 

UPCOMING WEBINAR: Childminder models of wraparound provision  

 Childminding may present an opportunity to increase reach in areas where demand for wraparound childcare is too low to sustain group-based provision, due to rurality, parental working patterns, school size and population demographics. 

Childcare Works have worked with three home-based childminders and Cambridgeshire County Council to develop new case studies and best practice guidance which includes: 

• Advice from childminders setting up wraparound in non-domestic premises. 
• Advice from childminders expanding home-based wrapround provision.  
• Advice for local authorities on establishing wraparound with childminders. 

Join us for the launch webinar of Childcare Works’ new childminding guidance on Wednesday 17th December 1.30pm-2.30pm where Childcare Works and Coram Pacey will explore the steps local authorities can take to develop models of delivery to support sustainability of the wraparound programme. This includes exploring opportunities to strengthen strategic links between schools, childminders, and local authorities. 

Register here: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams 

Regional Meetings – Have you booked your place? 

Bookings are now open for the February 2026 regional meetings.  

Please book your place through the links below, and we will follow up with a formal invite to confirm your place: February 2026 regional meeting booking form. In the first instance, places are limited to two per local authority. 

Dates and locations are shown below.