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  • Percentage of children aged 0-4 using childcare providers in the most recent term time week, 2010 to 2021

    The proportion of children aged 0-4 using any childcare, formal childcare, informal childcare in the most recent term time week by year. The Technical Report which accompanies this report provides further methodological information on the survey design, sample, fieldwork, data analysis, interpretation, weighting and definitions used. - The survey uses a broad definition of ‘childcare’: Parents were asked to include any time that the child was not with a resident parent, a resident parent’s current (or ex-) husband, wife, or partner, or at school. In order to remind parents to include all possible people or organisations that may have looked after their children, they were shown a list of childcare providers: nursery schools, nursery classes, reception classes, special day schools, day nurseries, playgroups, childminders, nannies or au-pairs, baby-sitters, breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs, grandparents, older brother/sisters, other relatives, friends or neighbours. Estimates for the use of ‘any childcare’ and ‘informal childcare’ prior to the 2019 wave include ex-husbands/wives/partners as a form of childcare, and this should be borne in mind when making comparisons across survey years. - Detailed information about childcare was collected for one ‘reference child’ in each household-  Because of the constraint of interview length, detailed information on the use and needs of all children in the family could not be collected (unless the child was an only child). Rather, in families where there were two or more children, we obtained a broad picture about the childcare arrangements of all children, before asking more detailed questions about one randomly selected child. - Detailed information was collected for childcare use during term-time periods: As childcare arrangements may vary between school term-time and school holidays, most of the questions focused on a reference term-time week (which was the most recent term-time week). A separate set of questions was asked about the use of childcare during the school holidays.
    Status
    This is not the latest data
    Theme
    Early years
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Childcare and early years survey of parents
    Release
    Reporting year 2021
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Percentage of children aged 0-4 using childcare providers in the most recent term time week, 2010 to 2021
    Filters
    • Childcare type
    Time period
    2010 to 2021
    File

  • Percentage of children aged 0-14 using childcare providers in the most recent term time week, 2010 to 2021

    The proportion of children aged 0-14 using any childcare, formal childcare, informal childcare in the most recent term time week by year. The Technical Report which accompanies this report provides further methodological information on the survey design, sample, fieldwork, data analysis, interpretation, weighting and definitions used. - The survey uses a broad definition of ‘childcare’: Parents were asked to include any time that the child was not with a resident parent, a resident parent’s current (or ex-) husband, wife, or partner, or at school. In order to remind parents to include all possible people or organisations that may have looked after their children, they were shown a list of childcare providers: nursery schools, nursery classes, reception classes, special day schools, day nurseries, playgroups, childminders, nannies or au-pairs, baby-sitters, breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs, grandparents, older brother/sisters, other relatives, friends or neighbours. Estimates for the use of ‘any childcare’ and ‘informal childcare’ prior to the 2019 wave include ex-husbands/wives/partners as a form of childcare, and this should be borne in mind when making comparisons across survey years. - Detailed information about childcare was collected for one ‘reference child’ in each household-  Because of the constraint of interview length, detailed information on the use and needs of all children in the family could not be collected (unless the child was an only child). Rather, in families where there were two or more children, we obtained a broad picture about the childcare arrangements of all children, before asking more detailed questions about one randomly selected child. - Detailed information was collected for childcare use during term-time periods: As childcare arrangements may vary between school term-time and school holidays, most of the questions focused on a reference term-time week (which was the most recent term-time week). A separate set of questions was asked about the use of childcare during the school holidays.
    Status
    This is not the latest data
    Theme
    Early years
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Childcare and early years survey of parents
    Release
    Reporting year 2021
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Percentage of children aged 0-14 using childcare
    Filters
    • Childcare type
    Time period
    2010 to 2021
    File

  • Percentage of families with school-age children using childcare during school holidays, 2008 to 2021

    The proportion of families with school-aged children using any childcare, formal childcare, informal childcare, no childcare during school holidays by year. The Technical Report which accompanies this report provides further methodological information on the survey design, sample, fieldwork, data analysis, interpretation, weighting and definitions used. - The survey uses a broad definition of ‘childcare’: Parents were asked to include any time that the child was not with a resident parent, a resident parent’s current (or ex-) husband, wife, or partner, or at school. In order to remind parents to include all possible people or organisations that may have looked after their children, they were shown a list of childcare providers: nursery schools, nursery classes, reception classes, special day schools, day nurseries, playgroups, childminders, nannies or au-pairs, baby-sitters, breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs, grandparents, older brother/sisters, other relatives, friends or neighbours. Estimates for the use of ‘any childcare’ and ‘informal childcare’ prior to the 2019 wave include ex-husbands/wives/partners as a form of childcare, and this should be borne in mind when making comparisons across survey years. - Detailed information about childcare was collected for one ‘reference child’ in each household-  Because of the constraint of interview length, detailed information on the use and needs of all children in the family could not be collected (unless the child was an only child). Rather, in families where there were two or more children, we obtained a broad picture about the childcare arrangements of all children, before asking more detailed questions about one randomly selected child. - Detailed information was collected for childcare use during term-time periods: As childcare arrangements may vary between school term-time and school holidays, most of the questions focused on a reference term-time week (which was the most recent term-time week). A separate set of questions was asked about the use of childcare during the school holidays.
    Status
    This is not the latest data
    Theme
    Early years
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Childcare and early years survey of parents
    Release
    Reporting year 2021
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Proportion
    Filters
    • Childcare type
    Time period
    2008 to 2021
    File

  • Percentage of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 aware of the 15 hours offer

    The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 who are aware of the 15 hours offer for 3 to 4 year olds by family type, family work status, family annual income, number of children in family, age of children in family, area deprivation and rurality.
    Status
    This is not the latest data
    Theme
    Early years
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Childcare and early years survey of parents
    Release
    Reporting year 2021
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Proportion selecting reason
    Filters
    • Awareness of the 15 hours offer
    • Family and area characteristics
    Time period
    2021
    File

  • Percentage of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 aware of the 30 hours offer

    The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 who are aware of the 30hours offer for 3 to 4 year olds by family type, family work status, family annual income, number of children in family, age of children in family, area deprivation and rurality.
    Status
    This is not the latest data
    Theme
    Early years
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Childcare and early years survey of parents
    Release
    Reporting year 2021
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Proportion selecting reason
    Filters
    • Awareness of the 30 hours offer
    • Family and area characteristics
    Time period
    2021
    File

  • Families using the 30 hours offer and their perceptions of the impact of the offer on work

    The proportion of families using the 30 hours offer who believe the 30 hours has had that impact on work.
    Status
    This is not the latest data
    Theme
    Early years
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Childcare and early years survey of parents
    Release
    Reporting year 2021
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Perceived impact of the 30 hours offer on work
    Filters
    • Response options
    Time period
    2021
    File

  • Perceptions of local childcare provision, 2004 to 2021

    The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 14 and their perceptions of local childcare by year.
    Status
    This is not the latest data
    Theme
    Early years
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Childcare and early years survey of parents
    Release
    Reporting year 2021
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Proportion
    Filters
    • Response selected
    • Type of perception
    Time period
    2004 to 2021
    File

  • Percentage of parents finding it difficult or very difficult to meet their childcare costs, 2008 to 2021

    The proportion of families who paid for childcare in the last week who found it difficult or very difficult to meet their childcare costs by age of children in family and year.
    Status
    This is not the latest data
    Theme
    Early years
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Childcare and early years survey of parents
    Release
    Reporting year 2021
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Proportion of parents finding it difficult or very difficult to meet their childcare costs
    Filters
    • Age of children in family
    Time period
    2008 to 2021
    File

  • Percentage of families with children aged 0-4 engaging in home learning activities at least once a day

    The proportion of families engaging in home learning activities at least once a day, 2017, 2019 and 2021 among children aged 0 - 4 years.
    Status
    This is not the latest data
    Theme
    Early years
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Childcare and early years survey of parents
    Release
    Reporting year 2021
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Proportion of families engaging in home learning activities at least once a day, among children aged 0-4
    Filters
    • Home learning activities
    Time period
    2017 to 2021
    File

  • Childcare arrangements that helped mothers to go out to work

    The proportion of mothers in paid work selecting the childcare arrangements that helped them go out to work.
    Status
    This is not the latest data
    Theme
    Early years
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Childcare and early years survey of parents
    Release
    Reporting year 2021
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Proportion selecting reason
    Filters
    • Childcare arrangements that helped mothers to go out to work
    Time period
    2021
    File
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