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

7A National number and percentage of staff by provider type and highest staff qualification

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Published 30 June 2022

Last updated 30 June 2022

The number and percentage of early years staff at private, voluntary, and independent providers, by highest qualification and category of provider.

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Education provision: children under 5 years of age
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of staff
  • Percentage of staff
• Filters:
  • Type of provider
  • Highest level of qualification
• Time period: 2018 to 2022

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	highest_qualification	provider_type	number_of_staff	percentage_of_staff
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total staff	Private, voluntary, and independent providers	249263	z
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total staff	Private and voluntary providers	211813	z
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total staff	Early years childcare providers	208467	z
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total staff	Sure start children's centres	2399	z
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total staff	Other private or voluntary providers	947	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
highest_qualification	Highest level of qualification
number_of_staff	Number of staff
percentage_of_staff	Percentage of staff
provider_type	Type of provider

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Footnotes

1. 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%.
2. 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.
3. 'Total staff' includes both qualified and unqualified staff.
4. 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.

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