Vodcast: Early Years Funding Insights from Southampton City Council – Sufficiency
A vodcast recorded in May 2025
How Data-Led Planning can Support Robust Decision Making in Wraparound Childcare
A webinar for local authorities recorded in April 2025
Effective Childcare Provider Surveys
This resource was published in 2024 and updated in April 2025. To assess childcare sufficiency in a local area, Local Authorities find it is essential to understand the local market through a range of activities. A provider survey can help as part of this, to ensure supply better meets parent demand. Learn more about understanding […]
Barnsley’s Expansion Monitoring Form
This form, created by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, is used by their Childcare Sufficiency Team with wraparound providers who have received funding to monitor progress and usage of the funding. Other local authorities could use this resource as a template to create their own, should it be useful for their area. This template form was […]
‘Back to Basics’ Childcare Sufficiency (Session 2): Mapping Supply
A Childcare Works webinar for local authorities recorded in October 2024
‘Back to Basics’ Childcare Sufficiency (Session 3): Mapping Demand
A Childcare works webinar for local authorities recorded in October 2024
Market Analysis – Mapping Supply and Demand
This resource is part of: Provider Business Planning Support
Local authority sufficiency report example
Staffordshire County Council’s example of how they share their sufficiency data with providers: Before you can produce this report, you must collect data. Access Staffordshire Country Councils’s example sufficiency survey for providers. This resource was first published in April 2024. Please note that this resource was created by a local authority and shared with Childcare Works. […]