7 PVI staff by highest qualification
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Number of staff delivering funded early years provision at private, voluntary, and independent providers, by highest qualification and provider type.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Funded early education and childcare
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 312
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of staff
- Percentage of staff
- Filters
- Highest level of qualification
- Type of PVI provider
- Time period
- 2018 to 2025
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | pvi_provider_type_group | pvi_provider_type | highest_qualification | number_staff | percentage_staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | 272491 | 100 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Full and relevant EY level 2 | 31314 | 11.49175569 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Full and relevant EY level 3 | 158197 | 58.0558624 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Accredited graduate status | 22511 | 8.261190278 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Private and voluntary providers | Total | Total | 229163 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| highest_qualification | Highest level of qualification |
| number_staff | Number of staff |
| percentage_staff | Percentage of staff |
| pvi_provider_type | Type of PVI provider |
Footnotes
- Since 2019, data cleaning exercises with local authorities each year have improved data quality. Provider types have become more accurately recorded over the years and caution should therefore be taken when comparing changes in provider types between years, particularly for childminders and state-funded governor run provision, which has been reclassified from other in some instances.
- 'Total' includes staff without a level 2 qualification, level 3 qualification or accredited graduate status.
- State-funded governor-run provision is included in the private, voluntary and independent providers category because data for these providers is returned on the early years census.
- Data collected in 2021 (and to a lesser extent 2022) was affected by the impact of COVID-19 uncertainty on providers and parents. Further information is available on the methodology page.
- Local authority day nurseries are included in the private, voluntary and independent providers category because data for these providers is returned on the early years census.
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