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Calling all parents and carers, West Sussex County Council needs your feedback!

Starting from April 2024, existing childcare support will be expanded in phases. By September 2025, most working families with children under the age of 5 will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare support.

The changes are being introduced gradually to make sure that providers can meet the needs of more families. This means that:

  • From April 2024, eligible working parents of 2 year olds will be able to access 15 hours childcare support.
  • From September 2024, 15 hours childcare support will be extended to eligible working parents of children from the age of 9 months to 3-year-olds.
  • From September 2025, eligible working parents of children under the age of 5 will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare a week.
  • By September 2026, all primary schools should be able to offer wrap around care, both before and after school.

As part of the Local Authorities statutory duties around sufficiency we are required to have an understanding of the supply and demand of childcare places and any gaps in provision, including how these gaps will be addressed.

We are looking for views from all parents and carers of children aged 0-14 years (and up to 18 for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) about how you currently use childcare, and how this may continue to change in the future.

To support this knowledge and understanding it is important that we include the voice of the families so we can better understand if the childcare available is meeting your needs.

The questions and length of the survey will vary depending on the age of your child/children but should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Importantly your feedback will help us to shape improvements to the future of childcare delivery in West Sussex and support the availability of childcare provision to meet continuing demand.

The survey will be open from 10 January 2024 to 2 February 2024 and is located at the bottom of this project page.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey and help us understand the needs of families in West Sussex

Accessibility and alternate formats

If you require any of this information in an alternative format, then please contact us by phone 01243 777807 or via email at family.info.service@westsussex.gov.uk and we will assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have an NGT texting app installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on 18001 01243 777807.

For more information about the accessibility of this website, please see our Accessibility tab (opens in new window) at the foot of the page.

Calling all parents and carers, West Sussex County Council needs your feedback!

Starting from April 2024, existing childcare support will be expanded in phases. By September 2025, most working families with children under the age of 5 will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare support.

The changes are being introduced gradually to make sure that providers can meet the needs of more families. This means that:

  • From April 2024, eligible working parents of 2 year olds will be able to access 15 hours childcare support.
  • From September 2024, 15 hours childcare support will be extended to eligible working parents of children from the age of 9 months to 3-year-olds.
  • From September 2025, eligible working parents of children under the age of 5 will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare a week.
  • By September 2026, all primary schools should be able to offer wrap around care, both before and after school.

As part of the Local Authorities statutory duties around sufficiency we are required to have an understanding of the supply and demand of childcare places and any gaps in provision, including how these gaps will be addressed.

We are looking for views from all parents and carers of children aged 0-14 years (and up to 18 for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) about how you currently use childcare, and how this may continue to change in the future.

To support this knowledge and understanding it is important that we include the voice of the families so we can better understand if the childcare available is meeting your needs.

The questions and length of the survey will vary depending on the age of your child/children but should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Importantly your feedback will help us to shape improvements to the future of childcare delivery in West Sussex and support the availability of childcare provision to meet continuing demand.

The survey will be open from 10 January 2024 to 2 February 2024 and is located at the bottom of this project page.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey and help us understand the needs of families in West Sussex

Accessibility and alternate formats

If you require any of this information in an alternative format, then please contact us by phone 01243 777807 or via email at family.info.service@westsussex.gov.uk and we will assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have an NGT texting app installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on 18001 01243 777807.

For more information about the accessibility of this website, please see our Accessibility tab (opens in new window) at the foot of the page.

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Parent childcare survey

    As part of the Local Authorities statutory duties around sufficiency we are required to have an understanding of the supply and demand of childcare places and any gaps in provision, including how these gaps will be addressed.

    We are looking for views from all parents and carers of children aged 0-14 years (and up to 18 for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) about how you currently use childcare, and how this may continue to change in the future.

    To support this knowledge and understanding it is important that we include the voice of the families so we can better understand if the childcare available is meeting your needs.

    The questions and length of the survey will vary depending on the age of your child/children but should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Importantly your feedback will help us to shape improvements to the future of childcare delivery in West Sussex and support the availability of childcare provision to meet continuing demand.

    The survey will be open from 10 January 2024 to 2 February 2024.

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    West Sussex County Council will use this survey to collect some personal data which is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject and/or take steps to enter into a further contract. This data will be processed in accordance with the 2018 Data Protection Act, the General Data Protection Regulations and any subsequent relevant data and will only be used for the purpose stated. The data we collect will be held securely on computer for a period of up to 1 year before being appropriately destroyed. We will not use the data for any other purpose. West Sussex County Council is registered as Data Controller (Reg. No. Z6413427). For further details and information about our Data Controller, please see the West Sussex County Council Privacy Policy(opens in new window).

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