Section 2 - Spare places
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Proportion of spare places at childcare providers
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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
- Percentage of places that are surplus
- Percentage of providers with one or more surplus place
- Filters
- Provider and session type
- Time period
- 2025
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | provider_type | percent_providers | percent_places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery class childcare settings | 60.79 | 18.18 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Maintained nursery schools | 54.97 | 9.5 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | All school-based providers | 60.55 | 17.82 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Private group-based providers | 72.93 | 17.51 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Voluntary group-based providers | 61.7 | 14.06 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| percent_places | Percentage of places that are surplus |
| percent_providers | Percentage of providers with one or more surplus place |
| provider_type | Provider and session type |
Footnotes
- Refers to providers who ran full-day care on the reference day.
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Email: EY.AnalysisANDResearch@education.gov.ukContact name: John Canlin