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.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Childcare and early years provider survey
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- 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
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | provider_type | ratio | percentage | unweighted_base |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery class childcare settings | Less than 1:4 | 7 | 1063 |
| 2022 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery class childcare settings | Less than 1:4 | 8.57 | 906 |
| 2023 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery class childcare settings | Less than 1:4 | 6.43 | 771 |
| 2024 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery class childcare settings | Less than 1:4 | 9.23 | 763 |
| 2021 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery class childcare settings | At least 1:4 but less than 1:6 | 10 | 1063 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| percentage | Percentage of providers |
| provider_type | Provider type |
| ratio | Staff : child ratio |
| unweighted_base | Unweighted base |
Footnotes
- Staff to child ratios for 2022 and 2023 have been slightly revised and updated to remove outliers
- 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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