Data set from Childcare and early years provider survey

Providers employing volunteer staff

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Published 14 December 2023

Last updated 14 December 2023

A time series of the proportion of providers that employ volunteer staff, and the number of volunteer staff that they employ.

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Childcare and early years provider survey
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of voluntary staff
  • Percentage of providers
  • Unweighted base
• Filters:
  • Provider type
• Time period: 2021 to 2023

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	provider_type	percent_employing	number_vol_staff	unweighted_base
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Nursery class childcare settings	29	3800	1889
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Maintained nursery schools	53	500	140
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	All school-based providers	30	4400	2029
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Private group-based providers	30	7000	3360
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Voluntary group-based providers	36	4100	1511

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
number_vol_staff	Number of voluntary staff
percent_employing	Percentage of providers
provider_type	Provider type
unweighted_base	Unweighted base

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Footnotes

1. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. They may not add up to totals due to rounding.
2. Only includes volunteer staff working directly with children

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