Wraparound Care is childcare that ‘wraps around’ the conventional school day, runs 8am – 6pm, Monday to Friday, term time.
A Wraparound childcare provider is anyone who delivers wraparound provision. This can include private, voluntary, and independent (PVI’s) organisations, schools, childminders, and other early years providers.
Central Bedfordshire Council are pleased to announce they are one of four areas who will be rolling out the wraparound childcare offer as part of the National Wraparound Childcare Programme from April 2024 - five months ahead of the national programme launch in September 2024.
Central Bedfordshire, the Bi-Borough of Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire will begin expanding provision, increasing access to flexible childcare for local working parents as part of a test and learn phase to strengthen the delivery of national rollout.
As an early adopter we can lead the way and help the families with primary school aged children access wraparound childcare earlier, supporting the families of Central Bedfordshire by ensuring provision is regular, has longer hours and is more dependable for parents living in the area. It is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of the National Wraparound Childcare Programme and to work with schools, private, voluntary, independent organisations, childminders, and parents/carers, which could then potentially assist other local authorities nationally.
All schools, providers, parent’s, and carers had the opportunity to have their say on the National Childcare Wraparound Provision and their experiences of wraparound across Central Bedfordshire during the months of February and March, find out more about Central Bedfordshire Council’s involvement in the Wraparound Childcare programme.
More information can also be found if you are a:
- a parent/carer
- a primary age school or school
- a private, voluntary, independent organisation, including childminders