Purpose

Wraparound Childcare provider JPAC have
submitted a funding application through the wraparound childcare
programme to set up a new wraparound provision providing before and
after school childcare at Woodseats
Primary School, part of Steel City Partnerships.
 
Sheffield City Council has received programme
funding of £1,595,337 in 2024/25 to allocate to
schools and providers to increase the amount of wraparound care.
This new provision will deliver 60 breakfast club and 60
afterschool club places commencing March 2025. Approval of a grant
of £120,000 is recommended to help with set up costs.

Content

That a grant payment of £120,000 be made
to JPAC as a one-off payment to deliver a new wraparound childcare
service. The grant will be subject to a legally binding funding
agreement.

Reasons for the decision

Sheffield City Council is delivering the Government’s
Wraparound programme, to increase the amount of wraparound
childcare for parents of primary aged children. Plans for delivery
of the wraparound programme were approved at Education Children and
Families Policy Committee on 8 February 2024.
 
Woodseats School currently has no wraparound childcare
provision. Consultation with parents has shown there is demand for
this service. The School have selected JPAC to set up their new
service. This provision has a robust business plan to develop a new
wraparound childcare provision offering 60 before and after school
places. It supports SCC in its Wraparound Childcare Delivery Plan
which has been endorsed by the DfE.

Alternative options considered

Refusal of application or approval with reduced funding
allocation.