The national wraparound childcare programme is part of the childcare reforms announced at the 2023 Spring Budget. The government’s ambition is that by 2026, all parents and carers of primary school-aged children who need it will be able to access term time childcare in their local area from 8am to 6pm, so that parents can access employment and improve labour market participation. Visit: Wraparound childcare guidance for schools – GOV.UK
you have registered with Ofsted or have a school Unique Reference Number (URN), or are in the process of applying
Please do not complete this form if these do not apply to you
Applications will be reviewed on a weekly basis. We plan to send a response within 14-21 working days from receipt of the application. While maximising the availability of provision in general, the local authority will consider quality and safety factors when choosing to fund a childcare provider.
The following organisations are invited to apply:
Schools, (including special schools) and academies
Private, voluntary, and independent providers and childminders who are working closely with schools
New providers – evidence of suitable experience/registration will be required
There are 3 types of wraparound childcare expansion
Creating places – where there is currently no provision
Extending hours or provision– where you already have some childcare but it does not meet the 8am to 6pm expectation. For example, your ASC only runs till 5pm, and you would be expanding the provision until 6pm, or you already deliver a breakfast club, and you want to develop an after-school club (or vice -versa)
Expanding places – you already offer wraparound and want to expand capacity. For example, you offer 16 places but want to expand to 24 places. Funding can be allocated for the additional places created providing you can show a demand for the increase in numbers
You can apply for small grants of £100 per additional place created for either Breakfast or After school club, or both (£200 per place if you do both before and after school), depending on the number of additional spaces you are creating and the need in the area. For example if you expanded by 10 new places per day for Breakfast and After School care you could receive £2000
Applications will be prioritised by the following criteria
Areas where there is currently no wraparound provision linked to the school
Areas where the current provision is not meeting the 8am to 6pm definition
If you already have existing childcare we CANNOT fund new provision, we can only fund increasing hours to meet the 8am to 6pm criteria (or 5.30pm if there is evidence care is not required until 6pm). If the current provision is struggling either for quality or finances, we can offer Sustainability funding and business support to help your provision become viable. Please contact your Early Years Childcare Advisor for more information
If you are applying for grant funding for developing and/or extending provision on more than one site, you will need to complete separate applications.
If you are planning to provide wraparound provision at one site, but to cater for more than one school, you will need to make this clear in your single application form.
For parents to change their work, or training patterns there needs to be reliable childcare available. We are working on an “over supply” of places. By providing the funding we can reduce the financial risk for schools to deliver childcare.
Applications where funding would be unlikely
Applications will not be accepted in areas where there is already 8am to 6pm provision, unless exceptional circumstance apply, e.g., the provision is oversubscribed or there are SEND needs that are not able to be met and there is clear evidence that places are required. These will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis
We cannot accept applications from providers who are not registered with Ofsted. We will however consider those who are in the process of registration with Ofsted.
We no longer have any capital funding. Will the lack of capital funding impact your application?
To support your application, we would expect you to know if there are other providers in the area, as we do not want to jeopardise childcare that is already existing.
It is a requirement of the funding that you talk to your Early Years and Childcare Advisor BEFORE making an application (there is no cost for this service). To contact your local Early Years and Childcare Advisor please visit the Early Years and Childcare website: Early Years and Childcare Service – meet the team – Information for childcare providers
2. What is the name of your Early Years and Childcare Advisor that you have spoken to? Please do not continue this application form unless you have spoken to them! We will be in contact with them too.
Sharon Gehringer
Helen Stevenson
Lorna Pitts
Beth Trantham
Neil Copland
Alexa Gill
Nik Wills
Katy Vallance
Liz Carroll
Kerry Thorne
3. To be eligible for the wraparound funding, you should be registered with Ofsted or have a school Unique Reference Number (URN):
Yes I am registered
If you are not applying for registration, and don’t have a URN, you can not proceed with this application at this time. Please contact educate.earlyyearswraparound@devon.gov.uk for further support
I am In the process of applying
4. Please provide your Ofsted or Schools Unique Reference Number (URN)
5. What is the name of your school/business or organisation?
6. Address:
7. School Postcode: (or where the childcare will be delivered from, if not the school site) – no gaps
8. Who will be the primary contact for this application?
9. What is the primary contact’s phone number?
10. What is the primary contact’s email address?
11. What was the outcome of your last Ofsted/school inspection?
Outstanding
Good
Requires Improvement
Inadequate
Compulsory Childcare Register Met
Compulsory Childcare Register Not Met
Not Yet Inspected
Awaiting registration with Ofsted
12. Which school/s do you plan to provide wraparound provision for? Please provide full address/es and postcodes if different to Q6.
13. Which best describes your business?
School or Academy
Private Voluntary or Independent setting
Childminder
In the process of setting up a childcare business
14. Will you be delivering this project in partnership with another provider? For example, a private provider delivering on the school site, or childminders working together? The provider will need to complete this application if you are not delivering it yourself.
Section 2: details of the provision you are planning
We need to know if you are an existing provision.
15. Do you currently run childcare linked to the school(s) named in section one?
Yes
No
16. What is the maximum number of childcare places you currently provide, or are registered to take, at any one time in a day or session?
Note; a place is classed as a single child attending the setting, a full place would be attendance from 8am- at least 5.30pm. If you are registered for 16 children you are offering “16 places.”
17. Please tick the sessions you currently provide:
Breakfast Club Monday
Breakfast Club Tuesday
Breakfast Club Wednesday
Breakfast Club Thursday
Breakfast Club Friday
After School Club Monday
After School Club Tuesday
After School Club Wednesday
After School Club Thursday
After School Club Friday
18. Current before school opening hours. Please state your start time and finish time for each day of the week:
19. Current after school opening hours. Please state your start time and finish time for each day of the week:
20. How many children on your school roll currently? (We need to know the school roll where you will be providing the childcare, not the number of children in your own setting if you are a PVI provider). As a guide, on average a wraparound childcare provision will accommodate 20% of the school roll
21. What is your proposed start date for your new or expanded childcare?
22. What type of development or expansion are you planning? Please note funding can be given to create, extend or expand provision that meets the full wraparound of 8am to 6pm.
Creation of new full wraparound 8am to 6pm, five days a week
Creation of equivalent hours - wraparound 8am to 5.30pm five days a week
Extending hours to meet 8am to 6pm, or increasing days to five days a week
Extending to create a new breakfast club from at least 8am
Extending to create a new after school club that will run until at least 5.30pm or later
Expanding the number of places for a provision that is already 8am to 6pm, (or 5.30pm). Five days a week
23. How many additional hours of funding will you be applying for? (the maximum grant will be 3.5 hours consisting of 1 hour before school (8am to 9am) and 2.5 hours after school (end of the school day – 6pm).
Funding will be provided to cover each half hour that you will be expanding, for example, If you currently offer an after-school club until 5.30pm and you are expanding until 6pm, thirty mins of funding per day, can be provided. (Note if you are only expanding by fifteen minutes daily you will be funded for thirty minutes).
Up to thirty minutes
Up to one hour
Up to one hour and thirty minutes
Up to two hours
Up to two hours and thirty minutes
Up to three hours
Full Provision – three hours and thirty minutes
24. Can you be flexible on accepting more children if demand allows? If so, please explain and include staffing and space details.
25. How many staff do you intend to be working directly with the children during the session?
26. What staff to child ratio do you intend to work towards? (note EYFS children are not covered by this funding stream but if you are including EYFS children within your setting you should be using a 1:8 ratio for 3 and 4 year olds). For more information see: Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework – GOV.UK
27. What qualifications do you expect your staff to have? (there will need to be a first aid qualified staff member on duty at all times. Food hygiene is advisable. Playwork qualifications are preferable for working in a childcare provision.)
28. Safeguarding: What are your safeguarding and lone working policies and procedures, and how will these be applied to the wraparound childcare? Have you risk assessed the wraparound childcare as an addition to the schools activities?
29. How will you ensure your provision offers equality , diversity and is inclusive to all children? Please include any training needs (if applicable).
Section 3: outcomes and finance
30. Please describe the project you are undertaking and what you want to achieve.
Please read the guidance before completing this section.
How do you plan to manage your wrapround? What activities will you provide, food etc? Describe the space you will be using? How will you manage and allocate the staffing?
31. What is the maximum number of places that you will be creating/expanding to provide? (this is the total number of children you could accept, when the space and staffing ratios are considered)
32. Please outline predicted attendance for the first five terms (enter the daily and weekly number of places you are predicting per term)
33. There are “Start Up” and “Expansion” Grants Available. Please outline why the funding is required, and what it will specifically be spent on.
Start Up Grant: For brand new settings (funding could cover):
Administration,
Registration costs, initial training Ofsted etc
Consumables (defined as items which will not last for more than 1 year, e.g., paper, craft supplies, food, etc)
Resources (defined as items which have an expected shelf life of more than 1 year, e.g., furniture, games, play equipment etc)
Recruitment and marketing
Maximum award £1350.
Expansion Grant: For existing settings who are expanding hours (funding could cover):
Consumables (defined as items which will not last for more than 1 year, e.g., paper, craft supplies, food, etc)
Resources (defined as items which have an expected shelf life of more than 1 year, e.g., furniture, games, play equipment etc)
Maximum award £1000.
Please outline in DETAIL what you would spend this part of the grant on. If you are not applying for the start-up grants, please enter NIL.
34. Revenue costs Please provide us with some detail as to your estimated costs to deliver an increase in places or extended hours for the first year of operation. This should be your delivery costs and should not include any capital expenditure (please note financial forecasting will be requested as part of a formal monitoring).
Please provide information on your fees structures. How much per session or per hour will you charge? Please break down your costing to show your wages, consumables, rent, insurances etc.
Will you be requiring transport? The cost of the transport should be included in the fees parents pay.
Please add details of your calculations or any notes to help your application below. See guidance document for more information.
Section 4: market research and value for money
35. What consultation have you completed with parents and communities locally? Please give brief overview of the findings to prove the need for your new or expanding provision.
37. Please detail the impact your project will have on your local community. Do you expect more parents to be able to return to work? Will the wraparound childcare improve the viability of your school?
38. Please outline any risks you may have identified. Outline any actions you will take to minimise these e.g., short lease terms, staff recruitment, cost overrun, lack of demand.
39. Please provide the voice of the child – why would children want to be in your setting? (other than just because parents need the service). What can you offer that will encourage children to attend? (the difference between being sustainable or not, can be children wanting to attend as its fun, rather than when they have to attend).
Section 5: declaration
I hereby certify that the information set out in this application is correct and in accordance with the best information available to me. I undertake to provide additional information as may be required by Devon County Council in order to verify my application.
I understand that, if a grant is approved, I will comply with the initiatives and contracted conditions of the award.
Failure to declare accurate information could lead to clawback of the grant award.
40. Do you/your organisation have any bad debts that could affect the viability of the business? If yes please give details:
Yes, please add details in the comments box at the end
No
41. Is your business for sale, or are you planning to sell your business in the next 12 months?
Yes, please add details in the comments box at the end
No
42. Comments:
Please add in any other comments that you think we should know, or would help your application.
43. Signature of applicant
You can print a copy of your answer after you submit.