Childcare market and sufficiency assessments
Reports on the childcare market and sufficiency assessments across Hampshire
Services for Young Children produce childcare market sufficiency annual reports and updates. These reports provide information about changes in the childcare market as follows:
- different types of childcare available
- new provisions
- closed provisions
- proposed developments
- key local information that could affect the childcare market
- Early Years Education take up
Contact us for further information about the reports.
Annual Childcare Sufficiency Assessment
See the latest Hampshire-wide Childcare Sufficiency Assessment.
New housing developments
Hampshire County Council has a duty to ensure that there is sufficient provision for Early Years Education and childcare. New housing developments can result in local pressures within the existing childcare market where further capacity is required to support families moving into new homes.
Whenever a new housing development is planned, consideration should be given to the local early years and childcare market to assess whether the existing provision can meet the needs of the additional early years and childcare places required by the new development. Where it is assessed that there is insufficient capacity within the existing market, it would be expected that new early years and childcare facilities would be made available by the developers of the new site.
The following document provides guidance for Hampshire County Council and other agencies in determining a requirement for early years and childcare places for 0 to 5-year-olds to support new housing developments.
Childcare opportunities
Visit our Public Notices Portal to see information about all our current childcare tender opportunities.