Planned Changes in Business Offer
Provider were asked whether they plan to change their business model in the next 12 months. The table below shows the responses by provider type.
|
Childminders |
Day Care |
Holiday Activity Clubs |
Out of school |
Sessional |
All |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reduce the size of the provision |
44.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
30.0% |
| Expand the size of the provision |
37.0% |
66.7% |
80.0% |
80.0% |
83.3% |
50.0% |
| Relocate to new premises |
3.7% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
2.5% |
| Close the setting |
7.4% |
22.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
10.0% |
| Open an additional early years provision |
3.7% |
11.1% |
20.0% |
20.0% |
16.7% |
5.0% |
| Open additional school wraparound provision |
3.7% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
2.5% |
- Two Childminders and two Daycare settings report that they are planning to close a setting.
- 12 Childminders (of 27 responses -44%) report that they plan to reduce the size of their provision.
- Most other providers plan to expand their provision, and two providers plan to open new provision: one Childminder and one Daycare that offers all provision types.