The report by Robert Hill and Carey Oppenheim of Robert Hill Consulting examined the experiences and reactions of the 12 local authorities who took part in the year-long project.
The authorities were piloting approaches to a range of issues such as managing the childcare market, the extension of the flexible entitlement to free nursery education for three- and four-year-olds, development of children's centres and the childcare workforce.
The report stressed that 'the limits as well as the potential of local authorities' market management role need to be acknowledged'. It added that the DfES 'should note that authorities will need a clear steer or a set of criteria on how they should interpret "reasonably practicable" in terms of what it means to deliver sufficiency of childcare'.
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