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Childcare and Families

Information Team

Childcare Sufficiency

Assessment of Derby City's

Out of School Childcare

May 2021

Contents

Executive summary

1. Introduction and aims of this childcare sufficiency assessment

2. Aims of this Out of School (OOS) Childcare Sufficiency Assessment

3. Impact of Covid-19

4. Parental demand

5. Supply data

6. Gaps Analysis

7. Methodology

8. Contact details

Appendix 1

Table 1: Map of city showing wards

Appendix 2 - supply data of out of school places Table 1: Before school provision by provider type and ward Table 2: After school provision by provider type and ward Table 3: Before and After school provision by schools visited Table 4: Holiday provision break down by ward and locality

Executive Summary

The Council has a statutory duty to report annually on how the local authority is meeting its duty to secure sufficient childcare and to make an assessment report publicly available. This Out of School Childcare (OOS) Childcare Sufficiency Assessment (CSA) focuses on the childcare needs of primary school aged children and is a strategic tool; it is available to a range of stakeholders and incorporates key local intelligence, demographic and supply data. It can be used to support new and existing childcare providers to make business decisions that will impact on the supply of childcare in the City and the strategic planning of the Council's childcare sufficiency priorities. It should be noted that parents often need to use before and after school childcare that is linked to the school that their child attends, but then may use different providers for their holiday childcare, so the possible shortfall in places may not correlate across all OOS providers nor have any measurable impact on place availability and demand.

The Council has mapped the current supply of OOS childcare and identified current pressure points linked to the sufficiency of OOS provision for primary aged children. All wards offer some OOS childcare options to parents; however, some wards do not offer all types of childcare provision.

Nationally there have been reports of childcare providers closing as a result of the changing economy and the Covid-19 pandemic, in Derby a number of OOS providers have closed temporarily, these providers stated that they will review either opening after the summer half term or at the start of the Autumn term. Government decisions linked to furlough and returning to work will impact further on providers’ decisions and their perception on the demand for childcare in their local areas. Current data suggests that there has been a drop in provider availability, when compared to 2019, across all OOS providers:

• 34% decrease in before school group providers

• 36% decrease in Childminders offering a drop off service to schools

• 24% decrease in after school group providers

• 35% decrease in childminders offering a collection service from schools.

• 38% decrease in the holiday club providers. Each year there has been a decrease in the number of registered childminders in the city:

Year Number of registered childminders % Reduction

2017 197

2018 182 -8%

2019 149 -18%

2020 137 -8%

2021 136 -0.7%

This represents a 31% reduction in childminders which reduces choice to parents and the number of places available in home based childcare provision. Childminders are often able to a flexible and therefore more affordable OOS option so any reduction in availability could impact on parents’ ability to secure suitable childcare

The findings of the parental survey indicate that some parents found the cost of childcare a barrier to accessing or using more hours/sessions. Childcare rates are highest in:

• Childminders – Abbey, Allestree and Normanton.

• Before school clubs – Allestree, Chaddesden, Oakwood and Spondon

• After school clubs – Chaddesden, Chellaston, Darley and Oakwood.

• Holidays clubs – Alvaston, Mackworth and Oakwood.

There may be a shortfall of OOS childcare places in some wards within the City. However as not all families choose or need to use OOS childcare and some families will use informal childcare such as extended family members, the data below is a guide only to possible shortfalls.

Derwent and Mickleover currently offer no holiday clubs, however both have a number of childminders and some providers are only closed temporally so there may be sufficient to meet local demand.

Breadsall Hill Top Primary School, St Giles Special School, Zaytouna Primary School, Pear Tree Community Junior School, Rosehill Infant and Nursery School, St Chad's C of E (Controlled) Nursery And Infant School, Akaal Primary School, Normanton House School - Primary School, Village Primary Academy, Ivy House School Primary Unit and Emmanuel School currently have no before or after school childcare dropping off at and/or collecting from their schools.

Cottons Farm Primary Academy, the Bemrose School – Primary School, Derby High

School - Primary School currently have no before school childcare dropping off at their schools.

Cavendish Close Infant and Nursery School, Cavendish Close Junior School, Beaufort

Community Primary School, Derwent Primary School, Roe Farm Primary School, Allenton Community Primary Academy, Landau Forte Academy Moorhead, Shelton Junior School, Ashwood Spencer Academy, Firs Primary School, Arboretum Primary School, St Chad's C Of E (Controlled) Nursery And Infant School, St James Church Of England Junior School, Dale Community Primary School (Federated with Stonehill Nursery School), Hardwick Primary School, Village Primary Academy, Gayton Community Junior School, Ridgeway Infant School, Brookfield Primary School, Ashgate Primary School, Brackensdale Primary School have no after school childcare collecting from their schools.

The number of schools with no identified before and after childcare has increased

significantly but the responses received form the provider audit indicated that only 4 providers have closed permanent, and 25 providers have closed temporarily due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Data suggests that the highest pupils to before school childcare place ratio are in

Arboretum, Boulton, Derwent and Normanton. Data suggests that the highest pupils to after school childcare place ratio are in

Boulton, Chellaston, Derwent, Normanton and Sinfin.

Data suggests that the highest primary school age children to holiday childcare place ratio are in Derwent, Normanton and Sinfin.

The parental survey confirms that families are using less paid for and funded hours of childcare due to the Covid-19 pandemic. There is no single reason identified for this, but the survey indicates that changing work patterns, furloughed staff and the risk of infection are significant factors to parents’ decision regarding their use of childcare.

What happens next

The Council’s Childcare and Family Information Team (CFIT) will ensure that the Out of School CSA is produced annually and made available to elected members, parents and childcare providers as directed by Statutory Guidance.

CFIT will use the OOS CSA 2021 as a key strategic planning tool and work with all childcare providers to look at possible sufficiency gaps; and support the creation of new places where demand and long-term sustainability can be evidenced.

Considering the significant drop in the availability of out of school childcare FIS will, as a priority, audit OOS providers in the Autumn term to generate a snapshot of supply and to monitor the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on the availability of OOS childcare providers and places. It could be anticipated that with the latest government guideline lifting the need for children to be care for in bubbles that some providers, particular ones run and or delivered by schools, will be looking to reopen. Given the impact of Covid-19, CFIT will continue to closely monitor the OOS childcare sector and actively engaging with providers to offer regularly business support and guidance. CFIT will work closely with schools that have no identified childcare offering before and after school childcare either on-site, by a PVI or by childminders and assess parental demand for childcare. Minimal information was secured from the parental survey about how the

OOS childcare needs of children with SEND are being met within the city. As evidence in the SEN and EHC plans report January 2021 the city has an increasing number of children with SEND and Education Health Care plans therefore further investigation will be undertaken to assess the sufficiency of suitable childcare. CFIT will work with the Early Years Quality Tea, STePS and SEND teams to identify providers delivering inclusive places and contact targeted parent groups to understand further any barriers to access they may have experienced. CFIT will work with the Council’s Regeneration Team and Derby’s Recovery Task Force to identify common actions that link with their agendas and supporting the City to have the flexible and affordable childcare market that it needs.

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FIS will work with schools, childcare providers and parents to raise awareness about the ‘Right to Request’ wrap around childcare such as before school and after school clubs. We will signpost interested parties to the DfE guidance that will help parents and childcare providers who want to know more about the ‘Right to Request’ and the right for parents’ who may wish to ask the primary school that their child attends to consider establishing wraparound and or holiday childcare, and childcare providers may ask to use school facilities for wraparound and or holiday provision at times when the school is not using them.

With cost being stated as a barrier to accessing OOS childcare, CFIT will work with all providers to encourage them to register and accept Tax Free Childcare payments. Providers will also be encouraged to promote Tax Free Childcare to parents by including information in their welcome packs and their websites.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/778997/Rights_to_request_guidance-2019.pdf

Introduction 1.1 Local government childcare sufficiency duties.

The Childcare Act 2006 Part 1 sections 6 - 11 covers the duties on local government in England so far as is reasonably practical to:

• Secure sufficient childcare for working parents and those undertaking training or education, with the intention of returning to work and to assess supply, taking action to fill any gaps in provision, including choices for parent / carers.

• Consider ways that they can work with childcare providers to improve the affordability of childcare.

• Have regard to the provision of childcare which is suitable for disabled children. 1.2 The Council has a statutory duty to report annually on how the local authority is

meeting its duty to secure sufficient childcare and to make a relevant assessment report available to parents. Derby City's Out of School Childcare Sufficiency Assessment (CSA) is a strategic tool; it is available to a range of stakeholders and incorporates key local intelligence, demographic, and supply data. It can be used to support new and existing childcare providers to make business decisions that will impact on the supply of childcare in the City and the strategic planning of the Council's childcare sufficiency priorities.

1.3 A strong childcare market is critical to the success of Derby's local economy by

improving outcomes for children and for parents to go out to work or training. This Childcare Sufficiency Assessment (CSA) 2021 will focus on the sufficiency of out of school childcare for primary school aged children across the city and will identify possible sufficiency pressure points. School aged childcare plays a crucial role in the lives of many families, supporting parent/carers back into work or training. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the availability of childcare for school age children and the impact of this will need further monitoring and assessment as parents return to the workplace, seek new employment or access training.

1.4 The Council is responsible for ‘managing the childcare market'. It has a statutory

duty to ensure that there are sufficient childcare places for primary aged children. To do this the Council has to adopt the role of ‘market facilitator’ and respond to changes in the supply and demand. The Council has a responsibility to support all childcare providers to consider the creation of additional childcare places as well as encouraging providers to delivery modules flexibly to meet parents’ needs. The constantly changing level, nature, and quality of childcare in the city means it is often a difficult market to predict in terms of gaps and over-provision and how well this matches families' needs; provision can look very different within a short period of time. This Out of School CSA evidences significant changes to the ability of before and after school places, across the city there has been a significate reduction in the number of providers however most have told us that they will be reconsidering opening either after the Summer term half term or at the start of the Autumn term.

1.5 The Council would always expect that existing and prospective childcare providers

undertake their own market research to fully understand local childcare needs and use the information in this CSA as an indication only due the fluidity of the childcare market.

2. Aims of this Out of School (OOS) Childcare Sufficiency Assessment

2.1 To robustly map the supply of before, after school and holiday childcare provision in the city.

2.2 To use demographic and parental demand survey data to assess demand.

2.3 To identify any possible gaps in the supply of childcare.

2.4 To fulfil the Council's market facilitator role by raising awareness of the state of the childcare market for OOS with new and existing childcare providers.

2.5 To meet the Council's statutory duty on the sufficiency of OOS childcare thus minimising risk in relation to lack of childcare places for parents.

3. Impact of Covid-19 3.1 The DfE published additional guidance throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to inform

OOS childcare of best practise and operational restrictions, these changes to practise have had a significantly impact on the childcare services that they have been able to offer. During the FIS OOS provider audit in May 2021, providers stated that demand for OOS places had dropped, possible due to parents working from home, being on furlough or a change to their employment status. The OOS providers based at school also stated that trying to deliver childcare in the same bubbles that the children had been in during the school day had been challenging. These and other Covid-19 related factors have contributed to the current reduction in available before, after and holiday childcare places.

3.2 When compared to out of school providers recorded in the 2019 CSA, Derby has seen

a drop in available out of school childcare, some of which is temporary and will be reviewed by providers during the summer half term or at the start of the Autumn term 2021. Current data suggests there has been a:




• 35% decrease in childminders offering a collection service from schools.

• 38% decrease in the holiday club providers.

4. Parental Demand

4.1 This section presents a picture of the potential scale of childcare insufficiency across the city, by applying the data collected from the survey undertaken with parents/carers during May and June 2021, to the overall number of families in the city. It gives an indicative figure only of the scale of potential challenges.

4.1.2 The survey captured information on the out of school childcare needs of primary school aged children.

Survey summary 4.2.1 Overall parents were very satisfied with their out of school childcare

arrangements, with the majority indicating that they were either satisfied or very satisfied.

4.2.2 The biggest barrier for families using before and after School childcare over the last 12 months has been providers being closed due to Covid-19. The second biggest barrier has been cost.

4.2.3 The biggest barrier for families using holiday childcare is cost, with the second

biggest factor being providers being closed due to Covid-19. Comments regarding the cost of holiday childcare included "I will have two children in school from September. I am not too worried about the cost of before and after school clubs as the price is quite reasonable at their school. But the private holiday club provider I use is £35 a day per child and I am concerned about covering the costs in the holidays”. “Out of school childcare is very costly to working families, I have 3 children close in age to accommodate, my husband who is self-employed stops working over the summer as it costs less to lose his wage. I have recently rejected a job offer due to the requirements of childcare; the hours were not catered for by my childcare provider”. 4.2.4 Parents stated that the main reason for using out of school childcare is that they

go to work, with all families that use out of school childcare telling us that they work.

4.2.5 The survey evidenced that parents agree that there should be more childcare in

their local areas. 4.3 Before School Childcare

• 33% of families surveyed had used before school childcare in the last 12 months.

• 87% of these families used before school clubs or breakfast clubs

• 7% used family members

• 13% used before school childminders

• 4% used a friend. 4.3.1 100% of families were either very satisfied (78%) or satisfied with their before

school childcare. 4.3.2 Almost two thirds of families agree that there should be more before school

childcare in their local area. 4.3.3 87% agree that before school childcare is available at the times of day, they

need it. 4.3.4 Barriers to accessing before school childcare:

For families that have used before school childcare 55% have had difficulty due to providers closing due to Covid-19

• 45% indicated that they cannot afford before school childcare/it is too expensive

• 27% were worried about Covid-19

• 27% did not have providers that drop off at their school

• 27% stated providers didn’t have places available to their child.

• 8% of families were unsatisfied or very unsatisfied with the cost of before school childcare they use

• 4% of families stated they had found it difficult to get the type of before school childcare they want in their local area

• 14% of families would change their before school childcare of there was another choice

4.3.5 Of those families that haven’t used before school childcare in the last 12 months:

• 17% said their providers had been closed due to Covid-19

• 15% said that they could not afford it. 4.3.6 The main reason for families using before school childcare was because they go

to work, with all families indicating work was a reason they use before school childcare

• 15% of families indicated that there before school needs had been affected by the pandemic, 66% of these families needing less before school childcare than before,

• Whereas 33% needed before school childcare when they didn’t previously. The biggest factors that may have affected childcare was a shift to home working and a change in hours worked. 4.4 After School Childcare 4.4.1 Types of after school childcare used:

• 75% of families that used after school childcare used after school clubs,

• 30% used family members

• 20% used childminders

• 90% of families agree or strongly agree that they are satisfied with there after school childcare

• 95% of families agree or strongly agree that they are satisfied with the quality of there after school childcare.

4.4.2 Barriers to accessing after school childcare:

• 50% of families that have used after school childcare in the last 12 months indicated that they have faced difficulties with their providers being closed due to Covid-19

• 33% of families indicated that cost was an issue

• 33% also indicated that places weren’t available when they needed.

• 17% of families were worried about Covid-19 and mixing with other children.

• 20% of families disagree or strongly disagree that they are satisfied with the cost of their childcare arrangements.

• 10% of families disagreed or strongly disagreed that it has been easy to get the type of after school childcare they want in their local area.

• 79% of families agreed that there should be more after school childcare in their local area.

4.4.3 Of families that haven’t used after school childcare in the last 12 months:

• 22% were not able to because the providers were closed due to Covid-19.

• 18% told us that they can’t afford it. 4.4.4 Why families use after school childcare:

• 100% of families indicated that they use after school childcare because they work

• 31% indicated that there after school childcare arrangements have changed due to Covid-19.

• Of these families 83% have needed less after school childcare and 17% have used more.

• From these families, 83% of respondents indicated their working hours have changed and half of respondents’ partners hours have changed.

• 50% told us that they now work from home and a third of respondents’ partners now work from home.

• 10% indicated that after school childcare was not available at the times of day that they needed

• 74% off families agreed that they can get after school childcare for the weeks they need, no families disagreed.

• 21% would change their after school childcare if there was another choice. 4.5 Holiday Childcare

• 78% of families that have used holiday childcare in the last 12 months used a holiday club or playscheme.

• 50% of families used a family member

• 11% used a childminder. 4.5.1 Of families that have used holiday childcare in the last 12 months:

• 80% reported that they have found cost to be a barrier

• 40% reported that the providers had been closed due to Covid-19. 4.5.2 Of families that have not used holiday childcare in the last 12 months:

• 30% of families say that can’t afford holiday childcare

• 1 in 10 were worried about Covid-19 and their children mixing with others

• 1 in 10 also told us that their providers had been closed due to Covid-19. 4.5.3 All of the families indicated that they used holiday childcare because they work.

• 28% also use it so that their child can play with other children.

• 40% of families reported that their holiday childcare needs have been affected by Covid-19.

• Of these, 83% have needed to use more childcare and 17% now need holiday childcare when they didn’t previously.

4.6 Parent Employment and Training

Around a third of parents that responded to the survey work more than 30 hours per work, and a third work between 16-29 hours per week.

32% of families that responded to the survey are one parent families.

The vast majority of partners, to the main respondent, work 30 hours or more per week. Almost 30% of respondents work non-traditional hours (weekends, evenings, nights, or shift work).

Almost half of partners work traditional or flexible traditional hours, whilst 36% work non- traditional hours (weekends, evenings, nights, shift work).

5. Supply Data 5.1 Many working parents will need to use before, after and holiday childcare for their

primary school aged child/ren to enable them to work, however they may face difficulties in finding the right childcare for their child/ren that drops off or collects from the school that their child is attending or for holiday childcare that is close to where they live. The delivery of OOS childcare differs greatly in each of the five localities across Derby and there is limited provision in some parts of the city.

5.2 OOS childcare available for working parents is delivered by a variety of providers such

as but not limited to, sports clubs, cultural institutions, day nurseries, childminders, voluntary organisations, sole traders, and schools. The provision can be delivered in a variety of venues and those operating from school sites may be delivered by the school themselves or by third party providers.

5.2.1 Breakfast clubs are often available on school sites and offer children and young people

the opportunity to have breakfast before the school day starts. Data indicates 71.5% of the 80 before school clubs offer breakfast. Generally, the fee for school breakfast club sessions is minimal and some parents use them as before school childcare.

5.2.3 In addition to after school childcare many schools offer after school activities which

some parents use as childcare, but these activities have not been considered in this CSA due to the ever-changing programme and availability.

5.3. For the purpose of this CSA group providers are either private, voluntary, independent

or maintained providers that care for children on non-domestic premises.

5.3.1 For the purpose of this CSA childminders are providers that care for children on domestic premises.

5.4 In this OOS CSA supply data has been established by asking childcare providers what

places they offer rather than rely on Ofsted registered numbers. Providers have confirmed that they are offering a total of 1,180 holiday club places, 1,840 after school club places and 2,717 before school club places for primary school aged. There are several reasons that providers offer fewer places than they are registered for this could be local demand for places, impact of Covid-19, staff recruitment and business modelling.

5.5 CFIT encourages providers to offer flexibility of delivery, so that parents' needs can be

met, and parents are supported back into work and or study. 5.6 Supply data by ward:

Please note that for information included in this section refer to the data tables in Appendix 2. The data was compiled in May 2021 with before, after and holiday childcare providers’ service records audited at the same time to ensure Covid-19 related impact could be noted and the impact seen in the supply data.

Locality 1 Chaddesden has the third highest before school charges (£7.38), the second highest after school rate (£12.67) and childminders are charging the second lowest hourly rate (£3.98).

• Before school child to place ratio: 11.4 pupils to each place

• After school child to place ratio: 14.7 pupils to each place

• Holiday childcare child to place ratio: 14.4 primary school age children to each place.

Derwent has the highest child to place ratio for before, after and holiday childcare places. Before school clubs have the second lowest session rate (£2.50).



• Holiday childcare child to place ratio: 194.4 primary school age children to each place.

Oakwood has the lowest after school child to place ratio and the second lowest before school child to place ratio. There is limited choice if parents want to use group childcare with only 1 before, after and holiday providers. Childcare costs for group providers are high at before (£8.00), after (£13.00) and holiday clubs (£49.00).



• Holiday childcare child to place ratio: 29.4 primary school age children to each place

Spondon has the third lowest before and after school child to place ratio. It has the second highest number of childminder (12) and the highest number of before (6) and after (6) school providers. Before school session rates are the second highest (£7.42).




Locality 2 Alvaston has the second highest number of after school clubs and they after school session rates are the lowest in the city (£6.10). Whilst holiday club day rates are the third highest (£45.00).




Boulton has one group holiday providers which reduces parental choice when looking for holiday childcare. Before school child to place ratio is the fourth highest and after school ratio are the third highest in the city. Before and after school session rates are the third lowest session (£3.38) (7.25) respectively.




Chellaston has the second highest of before school providers (5) and the third lowest holiday childcare place to child. Holiday childcare session rates are the fourth lowest (£29.32).




Sinfin has the third highest before and after school child to place ratio and the third highest holiday childcare to place child ratio. It has the third lowest childminder hourly rate (£4.00), the fourth lowest before school session rate (£3.83) the third lowest holiday club session rate (£24.00) but the fourth highest after school session rate (£12.25).




Locality 3 Abbey has the second lowest number of childminders (3) and the lowest before school child to place ratio. It has the second highest childminder hourly rate (£5.17).




Arboretum has the lowest number of childminder (2), the second highest number of after school clubs (5) and highest number of holiday club providers (4). It has the third highest before school child to place ratio. Childminders have the third lowest hourly rate (4.00), after school clubs have the second lowest session rate £6.40 and holiday childcare rates are also the second lowest (£13.75) in the city.




Normanton has the second lowest number of before school clubs (2) and holiday clubs (1). It has no after school clubs and the second highest school pupil to place ratio for after school childcare. Normanton has the second highest school pupil to place ratio for before school clubs and holiday clubs. Childminders have the highest hourly rate the city (£6.07) but the before school session rate and the holiday club day rate are the lowest in the city (£1.50) (£5.00) respectively.




Locality 4 Blagreaves has the second highest number of childminder (12) and the second lowest number of holiday clubs (1).




Littleover has the highest number of childminder (14) and the second lowest holiday child to place ratio.




Mickleover has no holiday childcare place however holiday places maybe available with the 10 childminders.




Locality 5 Allestree has the second lowest number of holiday club providers (1) and the second lowest after school childcare place to child number. It has the third highest childminder hourly rate (£5.14) and the third highest before school session rate (£7.17).




Darley has the second lowest number of childminders (3), the second highest number of before and after school clubs (5) (5) respectively and the highest number of holiday clubs (4). Childminder hourly rates are the third lowest in the city (£4.00).




Mackworth has the second lowest number of after school and holiday clubs (1) (1) respectively and the fourth highest after school pupil to place ratio. Holiday club rates are the second highest in the city (£47.25).




5.8 Tax Free Childcare: 5.8.1 Childcare providers are able to register for Tax Free Childcare (TFC); this is a

government scheme which enables parents to pay £8 into a childcare account that is then topped up by government with an extra £2, thus offering parents a 20% discount on their childcare costs for children up to their 12th birthday.

5.8.2 72.5% of childminders in Derby are registered for TFC, 5.8.3 62.9% of after school clubs in Derby are registered for TFC, 5.8.4 52.5% of holiday clubs in Derby are registered for TFC 5.8.5 52.5% of before school clubs in Derby are registered for TFC

6. Gaps Analysis 6.1 The gaps analysis table below summarises the source data found in appendix 2 and

highlights high- and low-pressure points by ward across the city.

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Locality 1 Chaddesden 9 4 3 2 11.4 14.7 14.4 £3.98 £7.38 £12.67 £30.00

Derwent 3 3 0 0 20.1 167.3 194.4 £4.08 £2.50 n/a n/a

Oakwood 7 1 1 1 4.2 4.2 29.4 £4.46 £8.50 £13.00 £49.00

Spondon 12 6 6 3 5.1 5.2 7.3 £3.94 £7.42 £11.90 £32.00

Locality 1 Total 31 14 10 6 9.1 11.4 18.0 £16.46 £6.45 £12.52 £37.00

Locality 2 Alvaston 11 4 5 1 10.5 12.2 27.2 £4.82 £4.38 £6.10 £45.00

Boulton 4 4 2 1 15.5 30.7 36.2 £4.38 £3.38 £7.25 £35.00

Chellaston 10 5 4 3 8.6 10.1 11.7 £4.54 £5.72 £9.78 £29.32

Sinfin 3 3 2 2 19.6 26.5 44.9 £4.00 £3.83 £12.25 £24.00

Locality 2 Total 28 16 13 7 12.2 15.8 24.3 £17.74 £4.33 £8.85 £33.33

Locality 3 Abbey 3 3 2 2 2.6 24.7 38.1 £5.17 £4.25 £9.00 £44.75

Arboretum 2 5 5 4 16.8 23.9 21.1 £4.00 £5.63 £6.40 £13.75

Normanton 4 2 0 1 20.0 141.2 64.1 £6.07 £1.50 n/a £5.00

Locality 3 Total 9 10 7 7 8.0 34.8 34.4 £15.24 £3.79 £7.70 £21.17

Locality 4 Blagreaves 12 4 3 1 8.2 14.4 28.2 £4.42 £4.25 £10.67 £33.50

Littleover 14 3 3 3 7.9 8.5 9.8 £4.58 £5.00 £12.00 £42.50

Mickleover 10 4 3 0 9.6 10.7 29.6 £4.62 £4.88 £9.17 n/a

Locality 4 Total 36 11 9 4 8.7 10.8 19.6 £13.62 £4.71 £10.61 £38.00

Locality 5 Allestree 6 3 3 1 7.0 4.3 17.0 £5.14 £7.17 £11.00 £34.00

Darley 3 5 5 4 7.9 8.3 14.0 £4.00 £6.18 £12.40 £33.68

Mackworth 5 3 1 1 7.4 27.1 35.4 £4.70 £4.00 £12.00 £47.25

Locality 5 Total 14 11 9 6 7.4 7.9 19.8 £13.84 £5.78 £11.80 £38.23

Grand Total 118 62 48 30 9.1 13.5 22.9 £15.38 £5.01 £10.30 £33.55

Colour code Low High

Source: Families Information Service May 2021

Gaps Analysis

6.2 Most ward offer some before, after and holiday childcare options, however the Covid-

19 pandemic has led a few temporary closures leave Derwent and Normanton with no after school clubs and Derwent and Mickleover with no holiday scheme childcare. As evidenced in appendix 1 table 3 pupils at some schools have limited or no before and after childcare choices.

6.2.1 Derwent and Mickleover are the only wards that offers no holiday scheme childcare. In Derwent this is a temporary issue due to Covid-19 and delivering childcare safely.

6.2.2 St Giles, Norman House, Ivy House, Derby High and Emmanuel School have no before school or childminders dropping off at their schools.

6.2.3 Derwent Primary, St Giles, Zaytoua Primary, Allenton Community Primary, Rosehill Infant and Nursery, Akaal Primary, Normanton House, Village Primary, Ivy House, Brookfield Primary, Emmanuel, and Brackendale School have no group or childminders who offer an after-school collection childcare service.

6.2.4 When compared to out of school providers recorded in the 2019 CSA, Derby has seen a drop in available out of school childcare, some of which is temporary and will be reviewed by providers during the summer half term or at the start of the Autumn term 2021. Current data suggests there has been a:




• 35% decrease in childminders offering a collection service from schools

• 38% decrease in the holiday club providers. 6.3 The highest pupil to before school childcare place ratios are in Derwent (20.1),

Normanton (20.0), Sinfin (19.6), Arboretum (16.8) and Bouton (15.5). 6.4 The highest school pupil to after school place ratios are in Derwent (167.3) Normanton

(141.2) and Boulton (30.7). 6.5 The highest primary age children to holiday childcare place ratios are in Derwent

(194.4) Normanton (64.1) and Sinfin (44.9).

However, the availability of before, after and holiday childcare is constantly changing and may be a time limited issues relating to Covid-19 and the national guidance given to providers regarding attending one setting and not mixing groups of children.

6.6 The highest childcare costs per hour/session are in:

• Childminders - Normanton (£6.07), Abbey (£5.17) and Allestree (£5.14).

• Before school clubs – Oakwood (£8.50), Spondon (£7.42) and Chaddesden (£7.38).

• After school clubs – Oakwood (£13), Chaddesden (£12.67) and Darley (£12.40).

• Holidays clubs – Oakwood (£49.00), Mackworth (£47.25) and Alvaston (£45.00).

7. Methodology 7.1 The OOS CSA 2021 has drawn on providers’ stated places delivered rather than

Ofsted registered numbers; this has enabled FIS to benchmark real places available to the childcare market and to accurately plot this against school pupil numbers and population data. The CSA has drawn on data provided by the Derby City Council’s FIS and a questionnaire survey of parents and carers with additional significant desk research to inform an accurate assessment of current supply, the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on supply and demand and future need as lockdown restriction lift:

7.2 Desk research has been undertaken to ensure that demand for childcare takes

account of future trends such as Tax-Free Childcare and Universal Tax Credits:

7.3 An on‐line questionnaire survey of parents and carers was published in May 2021 and available for a full calendar month with the aim of exploring current use, barriers to use and unmet demand for childcare. The on‐line survey was completed by 386 parents and carers, however after non-Derby citizens were filtered out, we received 72 responses form Derby based families, all of whom stated that they had children in the primary school age group. FIS raised awareness of the survey with web page articles, Facebook posts, engagement with childcare providers, Children Centres, Schools, Health, Job Centre Plus, Libraries and Leisure services.

7.4 Supply data held by FIS provided details of Ofsted registered and non-registered

provision, including places and vacancy data; hours of availability and fees charged.

7.5 CFIT has worked with the Council's, Information Management and the Policy Research and Engagement Teams to provide population data and local intelligence for this OOS CSA.

7.6 Assessing childcare places is complex and the analysis is based upon a combination of gathering existing local intelligence, making future predictions and horizon scanning to drill down and give the most up to date picture of a local ward/locality.

7.7 There are a number of significant risks factors in assessing childcare sufficiency. It should be noted that any analysis can only be a best estimate of local sufficiency and is a snapshot in time. Childcare providers considering creating or extending existing provision would need to review analysis to ensure that unmet parental demand still exists and that any new provision/expansion would be sustainable in the medium to longer term.

8. For further information please contact details: Judith Allbutt Families Information Service Co-ordinator Families Information Service School Organisation and Provision People’s Services Directorate Derby City Council The Council House Corporation Street Derby DE1 2FS Email: [email protected] Tel: 01332 640758

Appendix 1 Table 1: Map of city showing localities and wards

Table 2: Before school provision by provider type and ward

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Derwent 3 9 £4.08 3 66 £2.50 75 1506 20.1

Oakwood 7 30 £4.46 1 26 £8.50 56 237 4.2

Spondon 12 58 £3.94 6 181 £7.42 239 1217 5.1

Locality 1 Total 31 138 £4.12 14 411 £6.45 549 5000 9.1

Locality 2 Alvaston 11 38 £4.82 4 139 £4.38 177 1852 10.5

Boulton 4 21 £4.38 4 90 £3.38 111 1719 15.5

Chellaston 10 40 £4.54 5 159 £5.72 199 1720 8.6

Sinfin 3 9 £4.00 3 79 £3.83 88 1723 19.6

Locality 2 Total 28 108 £4.44 16 467 £4.33 575 7014 12.2

Locality 3 Abbey 3 12 £5.17 3 425 £4.25 437 1138 2.6

Arboretum 2 6 £4.00 5 128 £5.63 134 2245 16.8

Normanton 4 14 £6.07 2 85 £1.50 99 1977 20.0

Locality 3 Total 9 32 £5.08 10 638 £3.79 670 5360 8.0

Locality 4 Blagreaves 12 37 £4.42 4 110 £4.25 147 1206 8.2

Littleover 14 63 £4.58 3 74 £5.00 137 1083 7.9

Mickleover 10 40 £4.62 4 150 £4.88 190 1827 9.6

Locality 4 Total 36 140 £4.54 11 334 £4.71 474 4116 8.7

Locality 5 Allestree 6 24 £5.14 3 120 £7.17 144 1011 7.0

Darley 3 9 £4.00 5 145 £6.18 154 1222 7.9

Mackworth 5 18 £4.70 3 133 £4.00 151 1112 7.4

Locality 5 Total 14 51 £4.61 11 398 £5.78 449 3345 7.4

Grand Total 118 469 £3.80 62 1610 £5.01 2717 24,835 9.1

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Table 3: After school provision by provider type and ward

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Derwent 3 9 £4.08 0 0 n/a 9 1506 167.3

Oakwood 7 30 £4.46 1 26 £13.00 56 237 4.2

Spondon 12 58 £3.94 6 176 £11.90 234 1217 5.2

Locality 1 Total 31 138 £4.12 10 300 £12.52 438 5000 11.4


Boulton 4 21 £4.38 2 35 £7.25 56 1719 30.7

Chellaston 10 40 £4.54 4 130 £9.78 170 1720 10.1

Sinfin 3 9 £4.00 2 56 £12.25 65 1723 26.5

Locality 2 Total 28 108 £4.44 13 335 £8.85 443 7014 15.8

Locality 3 Abbey 3 12 £5.17 2 34 £9.00 46 1138 24.7

Arboretum 2 6 £4.00 5 88 £6.40 94 2245 23.9

Normanton 4 14 £6.07 0 0 n/a 14 1977 141.2

Locality 3 Total 9 32 £5.08 7 122 £7.70 154 5360 34.8


Littleover 14 63 £4.58 3 65 £12.00 128 1083 8.5

Mickleover 10 40 £4.62 3 130 £9.17 170 1827 10.7

Locality 4 Total 36 140 £4.54 9 242 £10.61 382 4116 10.8


Darley 3 9 £4.00 5 139 £12.40 148 1222 8.3

Mackworth 5 18 £4.70 1 23 £12.00 41 1112 27.1

Locality 5 Total 14 51 £4.61 9 372 £11.80 423 3345 7.9

Grand Total 118 469 £3.80 48 1371 £10.30 1,840 24,835 13.5

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Table 4 – Before and After school childcare providers by school

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Infant School Locality 1 Chaddesden Cavendish Close Infant and Nursery School 1 0 -1 4 3 -1 1 0 -1 4 3 -1

Junior School Chaddesden Cavendish Close Junior School 1 0 -1 3 3 0 1 0 -1 3 3 0

Primary School Chaddesden Chaddesden Park Primary School 1 1 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 4 4 0

Primary School Chaddesden Cherry Tree Hill Primary School 2 2 0 3 1 -2 3 3 0 3 1 -2

Primary School Chaddesden Meadow Farm Community Primary School 3 2 -1 2 1 -1 2 3 1 3 1 -2

Primary School Chaddesden St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy 2 1 -1 4 4 0 2 1 -1 4 4 0

Primary School Derwent Beaufort Community Primary School 2 1 -1 1 1 0 2 0 -2 1 1 0

Primary School Derwent Breadsall Hill Top Primary School 2 0 -2 2 2 0 2 0 -2 2 2 0

Primary School Derwent Derwent Primary School 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0

Primary School Derwent Roe Farm Primary School 1 1 0 2 1 -1 1 0 -1 2 1 -1

LA Special School Derwent St Giles Special School 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Primary School Oakwood Parkview Primary School 2 1 -1 4 3 -1 2 1 -1 4 3 -1

Primary School Spondon Asterdale Primary School 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0

Primary School Spondon Borrow Wood Primary School 3 2 -1 7 8 1 2 2 0 6 8 2

Primary School Spondon Springfield Primary School 4 4 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 2 2 0

Primary School Spondon St Werburghs Church Of England Primary School 4 4 0 3 2 -1 4 4 0 3 2 -1

Infant School Locality 2 Alvaston Alvaston Infant And Nursery School 3 1 -2 7 6 -1 2 1 -1 7 6 -1

Junior School Alvaston Alvaston Junior Academy 3 2 -1 4 3 -1 2 2 0 4 3 -1

Primary School Alvaston Lakeside Primary Academy 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 0

Primary School Alvaston St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 2 1 -1 1 0 -1 1 1 0 1 0 -1

Primary School Alvaston Zaytouna Primary School 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Primary School Boulton Allenton Community Primary Academy 1 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -1

Primary School Boulton Landau Forte Academy Moorhead 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Infant School Boulton Oakwood Infant And Nursery School 1 1 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 5 5 0

Junior School Boulton Oakwood Junior School 1 1 0 3 4 1 0 1 1 3 4 1

Primary School Boulton Wyndham Primary Academy 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0

Infant School Chellaston Chellaston Infant School 2 2 0 3 5 2 2 2 2 3 5 2

Junior School Chellaston Chellaston Junior School 3 2 -1 3 5 2 3 2 -1 3 5 2

Primary School Chellaston Homefields Primary School 3 2 -1 0 1 1 3 2 -1 0 1 1

Infant School Chellaston Shelton Infant School 2 1 -1 7 5 -2 2 1 -1 7 5 -2

Junior School Chellaston Shelton Junior School 2 1 -1 6 4 -2 1 0 -1 6 4 -2

Primary School Sinfin Ash Croft Primary Academy 3 1 -2 2 1 -1 2 2 0 2 1 -1

Primary School Sinfin Ashwood Spencer Academy 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

Primary School Sinfin Cottons Farm Primary Academy 2 0 -2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Primary School Sinfin Grampian Primary Academy 2 1 -1 2 0 -2 2 2 0 2 1 -1

Primary School Sinfin Redwood Primary School 3 2 -1 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0

Primary School Locality 3 Abbey Becket Primary School 1 1 0 2 1 -1 1 1 0 2 1 -1

Primary School Abbey Bishop Lonsdale Church Of England Primary School 2 1 -1 2 1 -1 2 1 -1 2 2 0

Primary School Abbey Firs Primary School 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1

Primary School Abbey The Bemrose School - Primary School 1 0 -1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0

Primary School Arboretum Arboretum Primary School 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Junior School Arboretum Pear Tree Community Junior School 1 0 -1 3 4 1 0 0 0 3 4 1

Infant School Arboretum Pear Tree Infant School 1 1 0 3 4 1 1 1 0 3 4 1

Infant School Arboretum Rosehill Infant And Nursery School 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Infant School Arboretum St Chad's C Of E (Controlled) Nursery And Infant School 1 0 -1 2 2 0 1 0 -1 2 4 2

Infant School Arboretum St James' Church Of England (Aided) Infant And Nursery School 3 2 -1 4 3 -1 2 2 0 4 3 -1

Junior School Arboretum St James Church Of England Junior School 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0

Primary School Arboretum St Josephs Catholic Primary School 1 2 1 2 1 -1 2 2 0 3 2 -1

Primary School Normanton Akaal Primary School 1 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0

Primary School Normanton Dale Community Primary School (Federated with Stonehill Nursery School) 1 1 0 2 1 -1 0 0 0 2 1 -1

Primary School Normanton Hardwick Primary School 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Primary School Normanton Normanton House School - Primary School 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Primary School Normanton Village Primary Academy 2 0 -2 1 0 -1 2 0 -2 1 0 -1

Infant School Locality 4 Blagreaves Carlyle Infant And Nursery Academy 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0

Junior School Blagreaves Gayton Community Junior School 1 1 0 6 3 -3 3 0 -3 6 2 -4

LA Special School Blagreaves Ivy House School - Primary Unit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Infant School Blagreaves Ridgeway Infant School 1 2 1 6 3 -3 3 0 -3 7 3 -4

Primary School Blagreaves St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy 1 1 0 4 1 -3 3 2 -1 4 1 -2

Primary School Littleover Derby High School - Primary School 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 -1

Primary School Littleover Griffe Field Primary School 2 2 0 5 4 -1 1 1 0 5 4 -1

Junior School Littleover St Peter's Church Of England (aided) Junior School 1 1 0 3 1 -2 1 1 0 3 1 -2

Primary School Littleover Wren Park Primary School 2 2 0 6 7 1 2 1 -1 7 7 0

Primary School Mickleover Brookfield Primary School 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Primary School Mickleover Hackwood Primary Academy n/a 1 0 n/a 0 0 n/a 2 0 n/a 0 0

Primary School Mickleover Mickleover Primary School 2 2 0 3 4 1 1 2 1 3 4 1

Infant School Mickleover Ravensdale Infant School 2 1 -1 5 5 0 1 1 0 5 5 0

Junior School Mickleover Ravensdale Junior School 2 1 -1 5 5 0 1 1 0 5 5 0

Primary School Mickleover Silverhill Primary School 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0

Primary School Locality 5 Allestree Lawn Primary School 1 2 1 3 2 -1 2 1 -1 3 2 -1

Infant School Allestree Portway Infant School 3 2 -1 3 2 -1 2 2 0 3 2 -1

Junior School Allestree Portway Junior School 3 2 -1 4 3 -1 2 2 0 4 3 -1

Primary School Darley Emmanuel School 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -1

Primary School Darley Markeaton Primary School 2 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0

Primary School Darley Old Vicarage School 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Primary School Darley St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy 2 1 -1 0 0 0 2 1 -1 0 0 0

Primary School Darley Walter Evans CE Primary and Nursery School 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 -1 0 0 0

Primary School Mackworth Ashgate Primary School 2 1 -1 4 1 -3 0 0 0 4 1 -3

Primary School Mackworth Brackensdale Primary School 2 1 -1 4 0 -4 1 0 -1 4 0 -4

Primary School Mackworth Reigate Park Primary Academy 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

Total 127 94 -34 187 151 -36 104 80 -24 191 155 -35


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Table 5: Holiday provision break down by ward and locality

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Oakwood 7 30 £4.46 1 5 £49.00 35 1028 29.4

Spondon 12 58 £3.94 3 98 £32.00 156 1137 7.3

Locality 1 Total 31 138 £4.12 6 152 £37.00 290 5214 18.0


Boulton 4 21 £4.38 1 20 £35.00 41 1484 36.2

Chellaston 10 40 £4.54 3 104 £29.32 144 1691 11.7

Sinfin 3 9 £4.00 2 46 £24.00 55 2471 44.9

Locality 2 Total 28 108 £4.44 7 202 £33.33 310 7547 24.3

Locality 3 Abbey 3 12 £5.17 2 24 £44.75 36 1370 38.1

Arboretum 2 6 £4.00 4 106 £13.75 112 2363 21.1

Normanton 4 14 £6.07 1 32 £5.00 46 2949 64.1

Locality 3 Total 9 32 £5.08 7 162 £21.17 194 6682 34.4


Littleover 14 63 £4.58 2 55 £42.50 118 1554 13.2

Mickleover 10 40 £4.62 0 0 n/a 40 1184 29.6

Locality 4 Total 36 140 £4.54 3 61 £38.00 201 3949 19.6


Darley 3 9 £4.00 4 71 £33.68 80 1117 14.0

Mackworth 5 18 £4.70 1 23 £47.25 41 1452 35.4

Locality 5 Total 14 51 £4.61 6 134 £38.23 185 3658 19.8

Grand Total 118 469 £3.80 29 711 £33.55 1,180 27050 22.9

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