School Provider Audit for Nursery Provision: Childcare Sufficiency Assessment COVID-19

Children and Families, People- Children Directorate, Early Years Division

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* 1. Name of School

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* 2. Name of person completing this survey

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* 3. According to your current capacity levels how many places do you offer per age group in nursery? Please enter 0 if you do not offer spaces for any of the below age groups.

Under 2 Year olds

2 Year olds

3 & 4 Year olds

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* 4. According to your current capacity levels has the number of places you offer per age group, per day increased, decreased or stayed the same since the COVID pandemic?


Funded 2 Year olds	Funded 2 Year olds menu
Universal 3 & 4 Year old funding	Universal 3 & 4 Year old funding menu
30 hours childcare	30 hours childcare menu

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* 5. This term have you seen an increase or decrease in demand for places?


Under 2 Years	Under 2 Years menu
2 Year olds funded	2 Year olds funded menu
2 Year olds private	2 Year olds private menu
3 & 4 year olds universal funded	3 & 4 year olds universal funded menu
3 & 4 year olds 30 hours funded	3 & 4 year olds 30 hours funded menu
3 & 4 year olds private	3 & 4 year olds private menu
Parents requiring more flexibility	Parents requiring more flexibility menu
SEND	SEND menu

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* 6. If you have seen a decrease in demand was this something you were experiencing before COVID?

Yes

N/A

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* 7. Has COVID already impacted/ changed your service delivery in your nursery class(es) ? Please tick all that apply

Changes to session times

Changes to session delivery/ organisation of the space, groupings

Changes to the total number of children able to attend

Changes to the workforce

Changes to your financial situation

Changes to shared care arrangements

Increase in the number of vulnerable children

Changes to transitional arrangements

Now offering 30 hours

Now offering 2 year old funding

Now offering private paid sessions

No change implemented

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* 8. If your nursery needs to consider changes to become more sustainable in the future what changes would you consider?

Reduction in staff

Reduction in admission numbers

Expansion of provision to offer more funding entitlements

Expansion of provision to offer private paid sessions

Closure

N/A

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Are you considering any changes to your delivery model in any of the following school terms?

Spring term 2021

Summer term 2021

Autumn Term 2021

In 2 years time

No change required

Unknown

N/A

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* 10. Following lockdown 1 what were/are the challenges for wider opening of your nursery provision? Please select all that apply

Not enough staff

Not enough space to keep children in small groups

Not enough children wanting/needing to return

Financial impact

Lack of PPE

Children accessing more than one setting

Keeping children safe

Lack of parental confidence/ communications with families

Procedures to follow when children develop symptoms

Transitional arrangements/ settling in periods

No challenges identified

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Since lockdown 1 have you received any feedback from parents regarding the take up of provision or changes to patterns of accessing provision? Please tick all that apply.

Job loss

Reduced employment hours

Redundancy

Lack of confidence in accessing early years places

Unaware of funding entitlements

Unaware of help with childcare costs

Working from home

More flexible working arrangements

Parent is still on Furlough so childcare is not required

None

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Do you have a system that provides you with individual child and/or cohort attainment data?

Yes