Childcare Champions
The head of a multi-award-winning Ofsted team discusses a project to map childcare oases and deserts.
At the 2023 Spring Budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced reforms to the childcare system, including 30 hours of funded childcare for most working parents, a policy retained by Labour.
Realising there was a big gap in evidence on why and where parents were struggling – or managing – to access services, Ofsted’s Early Years Data and Analysis team launched a project to quantify neighbourhood-level access to childcare in England.
Author's summary: Ofsted team maps childcare access in England.