A meeting of the county council’s Education, SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and Inclusion Committee was held on Thursday, September 11, where councillors discussed the implementation of wraparound childcare. The scheme is fully-funded by the Department for Education (DfE), which set aside £289 million nationally for the project and has created 10,728 childcare places in Hertfordshire. Of the county’s 406 mainstream primary schools, 352 now have wraparound childcare that meets the DfE’s expectations. The remaining 39 schools have wraparound provision that meets the needs of their families but does not meet the DfE definition, while five primary schools “without sufficient demand” have no wraparound childcare at all. Reflecting on the figures, Cllr Paula Hiscocks asked: “We have got 352 schools providing wraparound.