Assessment of Sufficiency

Sufficiency of places for Funded Early Education

All 3 and 4 yr olds and some 2 yr olds are entitled to 15 hours of funded early education. Some 3 and 4 yr olds are entitled to 30 hours. (Visit FISH webpage for more details.) All day nurseries and preschools and some childminders and schools deliver this type of childcare. One measure of sufficiency for FEE is the percentage take-up of places by eligible children. For up to date take-up rates, please visit the Early Years Outcome Dashboard, select “East Riding of Yorkshire” from the LA drop down list, followed by “Take up”.

Sufficiency of affordable childcare

Fees charged

The latest Family and Childcare trust report on average costs [1] for different types of childcare provision show that national level costs are consistently higher than for East Riding as shown below:

	Day Nursery for under 2 year olds (50hrs)	Day Nursery for 2 year olds+ (50hrs)	Childminder for under 2 year olds (50hrs)	Childminder for 2 year olds+ (50hrs)	After school club (weekly charge avg 15 hours)	Childminder after school pick up (to 9pm)
National Cost	£285.31	£279.60	£247.19	£246.95	£67.42	£72.36
Yorks & Humber	£255.98	£256.83	£230.83	£231.73	£58.79	£66.19
East Riding	£246.60	£231.50	£274.00	£231.50	£89.45	£67.80

Although the Family and Childcare Trust data shows that the East Riding average cost per hour is cheaper than the national average, up to date daily rates for day nurseries in East Riding range from £35 to over £55 with half of all day nurseries charging £45-£55 per day. There is no strong association between daily rates and sub-areas, with a range of charges being found in most areas, although the most expensive day nurseries charging £8.50 per hour was located in Hessle. Most preschools charge between £5 to £6 per hour (or £20-£25 per session) but can be as low as £3.50 per hour/session. Out of school clubs range from £3.50-£5 per hour, with school rates sometimes being cheaper again costing a nominal £3+. However, all these figures are based on data collected on a voluntary basis from settings and are not therefore necessarily up-to-date or comprehensive. These figures do not reflect the cost of consumables charged on top, this is something we have received increased enquires about as childcare providers are altering their funded offers to parents and revising their business models in order to try and remain viable over the coming months/years.

Sufficiency of Quality of places

In East Riding as of September 2023, 98% of all PVI providers are judged by Ofsted as Good or Outstanding. This very high proportion of Good and Outstanding settings is also seen in all the sub-areas. There are therefore considered to be no sufficiency issues concerning quality of provision in East Riding.

Once a provider is registered on the Early Years Register, Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the ‘Statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage’. Newly registered providers on the Early Years Register will normally be inspected within 30 months of their registration date and at least once every 6 years after that.

The four grade descriptions are:

Outstanding

The quality of education is outstanding.
All other judgements are likely to be outstanding. In exceptional circumstances, one of the judgements may be good, as long as there is convincing evidence that it is improving this area rapidly and securely towards outstanding.
Safeguarding is effective.
There are no breaches of EYFS requirements

Good

The quality of education is at least good.
All other judgements are likely to be good or outstanding. In exceptional circumstances, one of the judgement areas may require improvement, as long as there is convincing evidence that it is improving it rapidly and securely towards good.
Safeguarding is effective

Requires improvement

Where one or more aspects of the provision’s work requires improvement, the overall effectiveness is likely to require improvement.
Safeguarding is effective and any weaknesses are easy to rectify because they do not leave children at risk of harm.
If there are any breaches of EYFS requirements, they do not have a significant impact on children’s safety, well-being or learning and development.

Inadequate
The provision’s overall effectiveness is likely to be inadequate if one or more of the following apply:

Safeguarding is ineffective.
Any one of the judgements is inadequate.
Breaches of EYFS requirements have a significant impact on the safety and well-being and/or the learning and development of the children.
It has been given two previous ‘requires improvement’ judgements and it is still not good.

(Early Years Inspection Handbook September 2021)

Inspection grade percentage across the East Riding

[1] Family and Childcare Trust Childcare Costs Survey 2021