Parents Childcare Survey Summer 2025

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Whether you use childcare or not, your voice counts. The answers you give in this survey will help the early years and childcare team in Devon County Council (DCC) plan and make sure there is enough childcare for you to work or train.

Even if you have completed previous surveys, please complete this survey so we can look at changes to childcare demand over time.

This year's survey is particularly important as the funded entitlements for working parents, with children from nine months until starting school, will increase to 30 hours from September 2025. We need to understand the demand for places to make sure that everyone who wants a place can get one.

You will not be identified so please answer as honestly as possible.

Devon County Council have a duty to ensure there is enough childcare for children aged 0-14 or up to 18 if the young person has special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). All Devon childcare providers are expected to be fully inclusive. Please see: Ordinarily Available Inclusive Provision - Support for schools and settings.

1. What is your postcode? (e.g. AB12 3DE - please make sure there is a space between the first and second part of the postcode) *

2. How many children do you have?
(If you have no children in an age range, please enter 0) *

Under 2 year olds	*
2 year olds	*
3 or 4 year olds (not yet in reception class)	*
Primary school age (4-11)	*
Secondary school age (11-16)	*
17-18 year olds with additional needs	*

3. Are you the child's *

4. Did you know:

(All the hours stated below are during term times. You can choose to stretch those hours over the whole year if you want by taking fewer hours a week over more weeks of the year).
*

	Yes	No
Most working parents with children from nine months old can get up to 15 hours of funded childcare a week. This increases to 30 hours in September 2025 - Working Entitlement	Most working parents with children from nine months old can get up to 15 hours of funded childcare a week. This increases to 30 hours in September 2025 - Working Entitlement Yes	Most working parents with children from nine months old can get up to 15 hours of funded childcare a week. This increases to 30 hours in September 2025 - Working Entitlement No
Some two-year-olds get targeted funding for up to 15 hours of funded childcare a week if criteria are met - Targeted Entitlement	Some two-year-olds get targeted funding for up to 15 hours of funded childcare a week if criteria are met - Targeted Entitlement Yes	Some two-year-olds get targeted funding for up to 15 hours of funded childcare a week if criteria are met - Targeted Entitlement No
Most working parents with a two-year-old can get up to 15 hours of funded childcare a week. This increases to 30 hours in September 2025 - Working Entitlement	Most working parents with a two-year-old can get up to 15 hours of funded childcare a week. This increases to 30 hours in September 2025 - Working Entitlement Yes	Most working parents with a two-year-old can get up to 15 hours of funded childcare a week. This increases to 30 hours in September 2025 - Working Entitlement No
All three- and four-year olds can get 15 hours of funded childcare a week - Universal Entitlement	All three- and four-year olds can get 15 hours of funded childcare a week - Universal Entitlement Yes	All three- and four-year olds can get 15 hours of funded childcare a week - Universal Entitlement No
Most working parents with a three- or four-year-old can get up to 30 hours of funded childcare a week - Working Entitlement	Most working parents with a three- or four-year-old can get up to 30 hours of funded childcare a week - Working Entitlement Yes	Most working parents with a three- or four-year-old can get up to 30 hours of funded childcare a week - Working Entitlement No
You can 'stretch' the funding across the whole year (including school holidays) at some providers	You can 'stretch' the funding across the whole year (including school holidays) at some providers Yes	You can 'stretch' the funding across the whole year (including school holidays) at some providers No
You can claim back up to 85% childcare costs if you get universal credit	You can claim back up to 85% childcare costs if you get universal credit Yes	You can claim back up to 85% childcare costs if you get universal credit No
You can sign up for Tax Free Childcare if you are working	You can sign up for Tax Free Childcare if you are working Yes	You can sign up for Tax Free Childcare if you are working No

5. Do you use formal childcare (pre-school, nursery, school nursery, childminder, before school, after school, holiday club, etc)?

(Informal childcare is with family and friends - we will ask about that later) *

Yes
No

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Parents Childcare Survey Summer 2025

Parents Childcare Survey Summer 2025

1. The Basics

1. What is your postcode? (e.g. AB12 3DE - please make sure there is a space between the first and second part of the postcode) *

2. How many children do you have?(If you have no children in an age range, please enter 0) *

3. Are you the child's *

4. Did you know: (All the hours stated below are during term times. You can choose to stretch those hours over the whole year if you want by taking fewer hours a week over more weeks of the year). *

5. Do you use formal childcare (pre-school, nursery, school nursery, childminder, before school, after school, holiday club, etc)? (Informal childcare is with family and friends - we will ask about that later) *

2. How many children do you have?
(If you have no children in an age range, please enter 0) *

4. Did you know:

(All the hours stated below are during term times. You can choose to stretch those hours over the whole year if you want by taking fewer hours a week over more weeks of the year).
*

5. Do you use formal childcare (pre-school, nursery, school nursery, childminder, before school, after school, holiday club, etc)?

(Informal childcare is with family and friends - we will ask about that later) *