Plan childcare and school places from population forecasts

Local authorities plan childcare and school places from population forecasts

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You see earlier in which districts childcare and school places will become scarce and where there is a risk of surplus. Building and staffing decisions rest on traceable figures with a range instead of last year’s numbers rolled forward.

Is this for you?

  • You have population figures by single year of age and district over several years and know births and people moving in.
  • New housing estates, densification or people moving in change the number of children more than your previous planning reflects.
  • Youth services planning, school development planning and building planning should all look at the same figures.
First step today

Ask for an anonymous table from the population register: children per year of age 0 to 5 per district, births in recent years, existing places. Give it to an AI assistant with the template below and have it calculate three scenarios up to [2030]. Compare the result with your last needs plan.

How to go about it

  1. Define the planning question and areas
  2. Bring together population data, births and building projects
  3. Have the demand forecast calculated in scenarios
  4. Compare with actual registrations
  5. Transfer into the childcare needs plan and school development plan
  6. Update every year with new population data

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