Nursery World - Working parents struggle to find holiday childcare

Nine in ten local authorities in England do not have enough holiday childcare to meet demand, according to the annual survey by the Family and Childcare Trust.

The research - now in its 15th year - is based on a survey sent to all local authority family information services.

Its publication comes ahead of new Government guidance giving parents the right to request wraparound and holiday childcare from their child’s school, which comes into force in the autumn.

The report says this has the potential to increase the supply of holiday childcare, particularly in areas that already face gaps in provision.

The trust, which makes a series of recommendations in its report, is calling on the Government to make sure that the new right improves access to affordable childcare for disadvantaged children by making the process as simple and effective as possible and running an information campaign targeting parents and providers on their new right.

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