Decision details

See full details with the attached Officer Decision Record

To undertake a commissioning process to identify, 4 Childcare Providers to be used to offer specialist provision to children with emerging special needs, disabilities and medical needs (Enhanced Providers). Each Enhanced Provider will be awarded annual
funding of £11,700 with an initial 1 year contract with 1 + 1 year extensions.

This contract will enable settings to meet the Council’s Service requirements and provide the ability to resource settings above their existing ratios. This will enable Doncaster Council to meet the identified and assessed needs of children with complex SEN who are in receipt of EIA funding (see linked ODR no 1718126) in an
early years provision (Private, Voluntary and Independent providers, Local Authoritymaintained and academy nursery and Reception classes.

These providers will support access for families and address the correlation between SEND poor educational outcomes and socio-economic deprivation. There will be four Enhanced Provisions, one to serve each of the four areas of Doncaster (East, North, South and Central), each located within or near an area of socio-economic deprivation.

Option 1 - Do nothing
Option 2 - Do same
Option 3 - Change - increase enhanced provision (preferred option)