Care and support

Watford

At the time of the assessment (Summer 2007) we found that:

• Watford had a total population of 79,340 people, this equated to 7.8% of the population of Hertfordshire. 15,032 (19%) of the Watford population were aged 0 – 14 years, this was only slightly lower than the proportion for Hertfordshire overall (20%).
  
• In conclusion, to ensure there is sufficient childcare within Watford, the data suggests increasing the number of full day care places, particularly in the CCA of Woodside and Garston

The following number of places were available in Watford:

• Childminder places (0 – 8) – 735
  
• Childminder places (0 – 14) – 735
  
• Full Day Care places – 421
  
• Sessional Day Care places – 402
  
• Out of School places – 342