Data set from Education provision: children under 5 years of age

8 PVI staff by highest qualification

Not the latest data

Published 6 July 2023

Last updated 6 July 2023

Number of staff delivering government-funded early years provision at private, voluntary, and independent providers, by highest qualification and provider type.

---

On this page

Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Education provision: children under 5 years of age
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of staff
  • Percentage of staff
• Filters:
  • Type of PVI provider
  • Highest level of qualification
• Time period: 2018 to 2023

---

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	pvi_provider_type_group	pvi_provider_type	highest_qualification	number_staff	percentage_staff
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	250662	100
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Full and relevant EY level 2	26628	10.6
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Full and relevant EY level 3	148740	59.3
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Accredited graduate status	21536	8.6
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Private and voluntary providers	Total	Total	214077	100

---

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
highest_qualification	Highest level of qualification
number_staff	Number of staff
percentage_staff	Percentage of staff
pvi_provider_type	Type of PVI provider

---

Footnotes

1. Since 2019, a data cleaning exercise with local authorities has improved data quality. Provider types are now more accurately recorded and caution should be taken when comparing across time.
2. 'Total' includes both qualified and unqualified staff.
3. These percentages are the proportion of all staff at that provider type who have a specific qualification, not the proportion of all staff with a specific qualification. Therefore, provider types will not sum to 100%.
4. State-funded governor-run provision is included in the private, voluntary and independent providers category because data for these providers is returned on the early years census.
5. Data collected in 2021 (and to a lesser extent 2022) was affected by the impact of COVID-19 uncertainty on providers and parents. Further information is available in the methodology note.

---

Using this data

• Download the underlying data as a compressed ZIP file

• View or create your own tables

  View tables that we have built for you, or create your own tables from open data using our table tool

Download this data using code

Access this data using common programming languages using the URL below.

Example code

---