The online childcare platform was chosen by the Department for Education (DfE) out of hundreds of applicants who responded to childcare minister Sam Gyimah’s challenge to produce a digital tool to help parents find out about different childcare options.
In January, the DfE announced it was making up to £200,000 of funding available for the development of a website or app in reaction to findings from an Ipsos Mori poll that found parents struggle to navigate numerous sources of information online.
Childcare.co.uk will receive more than £96,000 to develop new features on its site, including tools to make it easier for parents to find provision for before and after school, as well as improved search functions to find out which providers are offering the free places for three- and four-year-olds and disadvantaged twos.
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