Early Years Sufficiency

Childcare Works have created recorded guidance and supporting resources for providers, schools and childminders to use when navigating the sustainability of early years funding, and to support in adopting a whole-business perspective when it comes to funding. You can find these on the HUB. 

These resources recognise the diversity of the early years sector and focus on the practical tools that can be applied to a range of contexts. They are designed to support providers, schools and childminders in feeling more confident with planning, decision making, and sustaining high quality childcare provision These include: 

• Customer Lifetime Value (CLV): understanding the predictable value of a child’s funded journey from 9 months to school.
• Portfolio Economics: recognising how funding rates and ratios work together in group-based providers to balance costs and income across age groups.
• Cashflow Predictability: using regular funding payments as a stable foundation for staffing, planning, and quality. 

 Any questions, please email Dan.Steele@shropshire.gov.uk

 

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Shropshire Early Years team has published their Sufficiency report for FY 2025.

 

Please access the sufficiency assessment using the link below:

Shropshire Council Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2025