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Childcare Sufficiency Assessment
Childcare Sufficiency Assessment
Childcare Sufficiency Assessment (CSA)
From April 2008, the Childcare Act 2006 places a duty on English local authorities to improve outcomes for children and young people, to secure sufficient childcare so that parents and carers can work, and to provide information about the various forms of childcare available to them.
Purpose
The purpose of the CSA is to identify gaps in the childcare market so that we can plan how to support the market to ensure sufficient childcare provision. The CSA focuses on formal registered childcare provision and wherever possible the unregistered childcare provision.
Our provision for childcare covers 0 to 14 year olds, extended up to 20 years of age for children with a disability and/or learning difficulties. An assessment of the supply and demand of childcare in the Royal Borough of Kingston was carried out between May and December 2010 and by online and postal questionnaires.
CSA 2011 executive summary will be available shortly