A new Ofsted report has named Wokingham Borough as the best place for childcare in England, as well as having one of the lowest levels of children and young people missing school.
The report included research done with the Office for National Statistics, which looked at how easily families can access childcare across the country.
They examined the number of childcare spots available for every 100 children and labelled areas as ‘deserts’ or ‘oases’ – with deserts having the least access and oases having the most access to high-quality childcare.
Wokingham Borough topped the table for neighbourhoods in local authorities with the highest proportion of oases in England.
The report also looked at school attendance, in particular those children and young people who are persistently absent from school, described as those who miss more than 10% of their schooling.
Wokingham Borough has a persistent absentee rate of 14%, which makes it the fourth lowest area in the country, not far behind the lowest area which has a rate of 12.4%. This is reflected in the borough’s overall absence levels of 5.67%, also the fourth lowest in the country.
