Decision details

East Sussex Childcare Sufficiency Assessment for 2019/20

Decision Maker: Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To seek Lead Member approval to publish the East Sussex CSA report as required under local authority statutory duty to report annually to elected council members on how they are meeting their duty to secure sufficient childcare to meet parental demand. This report will also be available and accessible to parents

Decisions:

14.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Children’s Services regarding the publication of the latest update to the East Sussex Childcare Sufficiency Assessment for 2019/20.

14.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED to approve the publication of the East Sussex Childcare Sufficiency Assessment for 2019/20.

 

Reason

14.3     The Council has a statutory duty to ensure that there are sufficient early education and childcare places to meet present and future demand across the county. The updated Childcare Sufficiency Assessment for the period 2019/2020 clearly sets out the projected demand for places in the future and where the Council thinks it will need to support the sector to provide additional places in the right locations to meet parental demand.

 

 

 

Report author: Jane Spice

Publication date: 31/03/2021

Date of decision: 07/10/2019

Decided at meeting: 07/10/2019 - Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability

Effective from: 15/10/2019

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