FOI Request - Ukrainian Children Education

Request 101003133728

1. Is your local authority area struggling to meet the demand of accommodating Ukrainian refugee children in a nursery or childcare setting?

2. If so, how many Ukrainian refugee children are you struggling to accommodate within local childcare provisions?

3. Have any Ukrainian refuge families been unable to find a childcare facility and if so how many?

4. Have any Ukrainian children been turned away from local schools?

5. If so, what reason was given? For example, was there not enough room in the school? Is it because the refugee’s were not guaranteed to be in the accommodation for a continued period of time? If another reason what was this?

Response 15-09-2022

1. No

2. N/A

3. No

4. No

5. The only delay has been to ensure the appropriate resources are in place in the school and the required training for staff undertaken.