Does the childcare offer in Rutland meet your family's needs?

News - 22 February 2023

Rutland County Council has launched its latest Childcare Sufficiency Assessment.
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Rutland County Council has launched its latest Childcare Sufficiency Assessment to help determine if early education and childcare is meeting the needs of parents and carers who are working, studying or seeking employment.

Annual Childcare Sufficiency Assessments help councils to gather important information about childcare availability, accessibility and affordability in their area.

Rutland’s Childcare Sufficiency Assessment asks for feedback from parents and carers with children of all ages, as well as early education and childcare providers, providers of wraparound or holiday childcare and local employers.

The consultation runs until Friday 10 March 2023 and can be completed online.

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