Section 6 - Parents using tax-free childcare
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The proportion and average number of children with parents paying fees using Tax-Free Childcare, broken down by provider type.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Childcare and early years provider survey
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 7
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Mean number of parents paying using TFC
- Proportion of parents paying using TFC
- Unweighted base
- Filters
- Provider type
- Time period
- 2025
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | provider_type | number | percentage | unweighted_base |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery class childcare settings | 6 | 18 | 538 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Maintained nursery schools | 15 | 13 | 59 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | All school-based providers | 7 | 18 | 597 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Private group-based providers | 32 | 37 | 1774 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Voluntary group-based providers | 12 | 18 | 893 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| number | Mean number of parents paying using TFC |
| percentage | Proportion of parents paying using TFC |
| provider_type | Provider type |
| unweighted_base | Unweighted base |
Footnotes
- This table shows the number of children whose parents use Tax-Free Childcare to pay for childcare as a proportion of the total number of children registered with providers. Figures cannot be compared with those published in previous years which showed this number as a proportion of the total number of registered childcare places that providers had.
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