Data set from Childcare and early years provider survey

Staff to child ratios for children aged 3 and 4

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A time series of the ratio of staff to children aged 3 and 4 in group-based and school-based providers.

Data set details

Theme
Early years
Publication
Childcare and early years provider survey
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Percentage of providers
  • Unweighted base
Filters
  • Provider type
  • Staff : child ratio
Time period
2021 to 2024

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameprovider_typeratiopercentageunweighted_base
2021Calendar yearNationalE92000001EnglandNursery class childcare settingsLess than 1:471063
2022Calendar yearNationalE92000001EnglandNursery class childcare settingsLess than 1:48.57906
2023Calendar yearNationalE92000001EnglandNursery class childcare settingsLess than 1:46.43771
2024Calendar yearNationalE92000001EnglandNursery class childcare settingsLess than 1:49.23763
2021Calendar yearNationalE92000001EnglandNursery class childcare settingsAt least 1:4 but less than 1:6101063

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
percentagePercentage of providers
provider_typeProvider type
ratioStaff : child ratio
unweighted_baseUnweighted base

Footnotes

  1. Staff to child ratios for 2022 and 2023 have been slightly revised and updated to remove outliers
  2. Due to small sample sizes for maintained nursery schools, staff to child ratios are only shown for "all school-based providers"

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