Publication - Consultation analysis
School age childcare - new legal definition: consultation analysis
Analysis of responses to a public consultation which sought views supporting work to explore potential changes to the regulation of school age childcare services by creating a new legal definition for school age childcare. The consultation ran from 20 February 2026 to 18 May 2026.
Footnotes
1 Ten duplicate responses were removed from the analysis following standard data checks.
2 The seven local authorities or associated public bodies that responded to the consultation and gave permission for their responses to be published were Aberdeen City Council, Highland Council, Perth and Kinross Council, Dumfries and Galloway Council, Shetland Islands Council, and Scottish Borders Council.
Contact
Email: schoolagechildcare@gov.scot