Disclosure Log

Question

Please provide the following information for the most recent three years for which data is available (please specify the reporting period used):

• The number and/or percentage of children identified with Additional Learning Needs (ALN) in funded early education and registered childcare settings and the relevant statistical releases where this information is published

As well as:

• The number of children registered in early years childcare settings with an Individual Development Plan (IDP)

• Any centrally held summary analysis of local authority Childcare Sufficiency Assessments that refers specifically to provision for children with ALN

And:

• Any relevant figures or breakdowns of waiting lists or unmet demand for ALN-appropriate childcare

For the purpose of this request, ‘early years’ refers to children aged 0-5 years who have not yet entered compulsory primary education.

Where exact terminology differs, please interpret this request in line with the closest equivalent category used by the department.

Answer

Only 2 financial years reporting of data available

3 academic years’ reporting available.

The number and/or percentage of children identified with Additional Learning Needs (ALN) in funded early education and registered childcare settings and the relevant statistical releases where this information is published

The information below is provided back to Welsh Government as part of the Flying Start programme, this information does not get reported in the Annual Flying Start Statistical Release.

Information provided is in financial years as this is a requirement of the Flying Start grant.

24/25 21 Flying Start pre-school age children with IDP

25/26 17 Flying Start pre-school age children with IDP (these figures only cover the period April 2025- August 2025 as this is the data that was available at the time of responding)

The information below from the ALN Team is recorded for each academic year, therefore this data is a little different to the Flying Start data which is recorded in financial years.

Academic year 2023/24 31 pre-school age children with IDPs

Academic year 2024/25 21 pre-school age children with IDPs

Academic year 2025/26 39 pre-school age children with IDPs (these figures cover the period September 2025 – March 2026)

As well as:

The number of children registered in early years childcare settings with an Individual Development Plan (IDP) – Please see above as children identified with Additional Learning Needs must have an IDP

Any centrally held summary analysis of local authority Childcare Sufficiency Assessments that refers specifically to provision for children with ALN – we do not hold any summary analysis that refers specifically to provision for children with ALN

Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2022

Any relevant figures or breakdowns of waiting lists or unmet demand for ALN-appropriate childcare – there are no waiting lists or unmet demand for ALN appropriate childcare within registered childcare settings