Early Years, Childcare & School Readiness Information Sharing Form 2026-27

Overview

This survey should be completed by the manager or leader for all Early Years and Childcare group based provision, including childminders and school age childcare in Cambridgeshire (excluding Reception age classes). The purpose of this form is to enable us to plan and tailor support, advice, training and guidance for the year ahead. The responses you give will also be used to inform the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment. Under the Childcare Act 2006, local authorities in England have a statutory duty to ensure there is sufficient childcare for working parents and those studying/training. They must produce an annual childcare sufficiency assessment (CSA) to map supply against demand to ensure any gaps can be met.  

Your responses to this survey will support us with the CSA and ensure we plan effectively for the year ahead. All responses will be anonymised.

The whole survey should take you no longer than 30 minutes to complete, however we would really appreciate you taking the time to complete as the results will be hugely beneficial to informing decisions to supporting the sector.

This survey is to gather information to support and inform the childcare sufficency assessment. We may share your information with our consultants, our partners in this survey working across the council and with the council analysis team.

You do not have to give us any personal information. We will not publish any personal details you do give us, but may publish your response, and include it in public reports, with personal details removed. Personal data will be held securely, in accordance with data protection legislation. We will only store it for 12 months after the results have been analysed and the report is published.

For more information on how we collect and protect your data, please visit: Privacy statement | Cambridgeshire County Council