Responding to requests for wraparound childcare

~ Bruce Levitan

This new guidance from the DfE will help schools and academy trusts understand how to respond to:

  • parents’ and carers’ requests that the school their child attends considers establishing wraparound or holiday childcare
  • childcare providers’ requests to use school facilities for wraparound or holiday provision at times when the school is not using them

It will support schools and trusts to respond to requests, regardless of their involvement with the national wraparound childcare programme. You should read this guidance alongside the wraparound guidance for schools. The gudiance is available here, on the DfE website