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.
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1. Where did you see this survey? *
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2. Did you complete the parents survey in Summer 2024? *
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Please enter postcode e.g. AB12 3CD
3. What is your postcode? (e.g. AB12 3DE - please make sure there is a space between the first and second part of the postcode) *
If you do not have children of a certain age please enter 0
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4. How many children do you have?
(If you have no children in an age range, please enter 0) *
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6. 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).
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7. 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) *
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