age_group

provider_type

percentage

unweighted_base

A time series of the number of providers, broken down by provider type

Number of providers

A breakdown of the number of providers by region and provider type.

Number of providers by region

A breakdown of the number of providers by the level of deprivation in the area that the provider is located in and provider type.

Number of providers by deprivation level

The proportion of group-based providers that are part of a chain of providers.

Proportion of providers that are part of a chain

The proportion of providers open during both term time and school holidays, broken down by provider type.

Proportion of providers open both term-time and holidays

Mean provider opening hours, broken down by provider type.

Mean provider opening hours per day

A time series of the proportion of childminders that employ an assistant.

Childminders employing an assistant

The proportion of childminders that care for one, two or more than two of their own children, as well as providing care to other children.

Childminder booking own children

A time series of the number of paid provider staff, broken down by provider type.  Temporary staff are included but volunteer staff and apprentices are excluded.

Number of paid childcare staff

A time series of the mean number of paid staff per provider, broken down by provider type.   Temporary staff are included but volunteer staff and apprentices are excluded.

Mean number of staff per provider

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

Providers employing temporary staff

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

Providers employing volunteer staff

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

Providers employing apprentices

A time series of the proportion of apprentices employed at different levels.

Proportion of apprentices employed by level

The number of staff recruited and leaving providers in the last 12 months.  This refers to the number recruited to and leaving a particular provider, not necessarily the number recruited to and leaving the childcare sector as a whole.

Staff joining and leaving providers

A time series of staff turnover rates, broken down by provider type.  Staff turnover rates are the number of staff who left employment during the period expressed as a percentage of the total number of staff employed at the start of the period.

Staff turnover

The proportion of staff leaving childcare providers in the previous 12 months: to join another childcare provider; to work in a school (with children of school age); to work outside of childcare; to retire; and to go to an "other" destination, broken down by provider type.

Destination of staff leaving

The proportion of staff leaving childcare providers in the last 12 months, broken down by their highest level of qualification and provider type.

Qualification level of staff leaving

The total number of childcare providers, registered places and paid staff.  Mean parent-paid fees charged by providers for children aged under 2, children aged 2 and children aged 3 and 4.

Headline Statistics

A time series of the proportion of staff qualified to Level 6 who hold different Level 6 qualifications.

Proportion of Level 6 staff holding different qualifications

A time series of the proportion of paid staff qualified to different levels.  Temporary staff are included but volunteer staff and apprentices are excluded.

Proportion of staff qualified to different levels

A breakdown of childcare staff by age and provider type.

Proportion of staff by age

A breakdown of childcare staff by ethnicity and provider type.

Proportion of staff by ethnicity

A breakdown of childcare staff by gender and provider type.

Proportion of staff by gender

A time series of the proportion of children registered with providers with SEND, broken down by provider type.

Proportion of children with SEND

A time series of the proportion of providers caring for at least one child with SEND, broken down by provider type.

Providers caring for children with SEND

The proportion of providers that employ and / or have access to a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO), broken down by provider type.

Providers with access to SENCO

A time series of the number and proportion of providers providing childcare to one or more 2 year olds funded through the 15-hour entitlement.  See Section 8 of the release for more details of the different entitlements.

15 hour entitlement 2 year olds

A time series of the number and proportion of providers providing childcare to one or more 3 and 4 year olds funded through the 15-hour entitlement.  See Section 8 of the release for more details of the different entitlements.

15 hour entitlement 3 and 4 year olds

A time series of the number and proportion of providers providing childcare to one or more 3 and 4 year olds funded through the 30-hour entitlement.  See Section 8 of the release for more details of the different entitlements.

30 hour entitlement 3 and 4 year olds

A breakdown of childcare providers' total costs into different categories

Breakdown of total provider costs

The proportion of staff paid below the National Living Wage, broken down by provider type.

Percentage of staff earning below the National Living Wage by provider type

The proportion and average number of children with parents paying fees using Tax-Free Childcare, broken down by provider type.

Parents using tax-free childcare

A time series of the proportion of providers that are signed up to receive Tax-Free Childcare payments, broken down by provider type.  See Section 8 of the release for more details of Tax-Free Childcare.

Providers signed up to receive tax-free childcare payments

The proportion of providers that provide entitlements throughout the year.  See Section 8 of the release for more details of the different entitlements.

Proportion of providers where parents can use funded entitlements throughout the year

The proportion of providers that provide entitlements without any restrictions.  See Section 8 of the release for more details of the different entitlements.

Proportion of providers where parents can use funded entitlements throughout the day

A time series of the difference between mean fees charged by childcare providers to parents and funding rates paid by the government to childcare providers, broken down by region and provider type.

Fee and funding rate differences by region

A time series of mean and median fees charged by childcare providers to parents broken down by age, region and provider type.

Fees by child age and region

A time series of mean and median hourly fees charged by childcare providers to parents for children under 2, broken down by provider type.  Only a very small proportion of children aged under 2 are enrolled at school-based providers so figures for fees for under 2s enrolled at school-based providers are based on small sample sizes.

Fees for under 2s by provider type

A time series of mean and median hourly fees charged by childcare providers to parents for children aged 2, broken down by provider type.

Fees for 2 year olds by provider type

A time series of mean and median hourly fees charged by childcare providers to parents for children aged 3 and 4, broken down by provider type.

Fees for 3 and 4 year olds by provider type

Mean and median parent-paid fees for children aged 2 broken down by local authority.  In order to help interpret the mean, the table shows 95% confidence intervals.  Based on the responses we received to the survey, we can be 95% confident that the mean for all providers in the local authority lies between the lower and upper values.  Figures for some local authorities are based on small sample sizes (less than 30).

Fees for 2 year olds by LA

Mean and median parent-paid fees for children aged 3 and 4 broken down by local authority.  In order to help interpret the mean, the table shows 95% confidence intervals.  Based on the responses we received to the survey, we can be 95% confident that the mean for all providers in the local authority lies between the lower and upper values.  Figures for some local authorities are based on small sample sizes (less than 30).

Fees for 3 and 4 year olds by LA

A time series of the mean and median funding rates paid by the government to childcare providers for children aged 2, broken down by provider type.

Funding rates for 2 year olds by provider type

A time series of the mean and median funding rates paid by the government to childcare providers for children aged 3 and 4, broken down by provider type.

Funding rates for 3 and 4 year olds by provider type

A time series of the mean and median funding rates paid by the government to childcare providers for children aged 2, broken down by region and provider type.

Funding rates for 2 year olds by region

A time series of the mean and median funding rates paid by the government to childcare providers for children aged 3 and 4, broken down by region and provider type.

Funding rates for 3 and 4 year olds by region

A time series of the proportion of providers who reported increasing fees charged to parents in the previous 12 months, broken down by child age and by provider type.  Only a very small proportion of children aged under 2 are enrolled at school-based providers so figures for fees for under 2s enrolled at school-based providers are based on small sample sizes.

Proportion of providers increasing fees

Mean and median hourly fees charged by childcare providers to parents, broken down by child age and provider type.

Fees by child age and provider type

A time series of the ratio of staff to children aged under 2 in group-based providers.

Staff to child ratios for children aged under 2

A time series of the ratio of staff to children aged 2 in group-based providers.

Staff to child ratios for 2 year old children

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

Staff to child ratios for children aged 3 and 4

The proportion of providers that are aware of and have used the exceptional circumstances allowance regarding staff to child ratios, broken down by provider type.

Proportion of providers that are aware of and have used the exceptional circumstances allowance regarding staff to child ratios

A time series of the number of booked places, broken down by provider type.

Number of booked places

A time series of the number of registered places, broken down by provider type.

Number of registered places

A time series of the number of children registered with childcare providers, broken down by age and provider type.

Number of registered places by age

The number of registered places, broken down by region and provider type.

Number of registered places by region

A time series of the number of registered places per provider, broken down by provider type.

Number of registered places per provider

All entitlements

Proportion of spare places at childcare providers

Spare places

Number of spare places on an average day and average spare places per provider

Total spare places per day and average spare places per provider

Hourly staff pay

Including children in need and child protection, children looked after and social work workforce statistics

Children's social care

Including Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

COVID-19

Including not in education, employment or training (NEET) statistics

Destination of pupils and students

Including early years foundation stage profile and early years surveys statistics

Early years

Including local authority (LA) and student loan statistics

Finance and funding

Including advanced learner loan, benefit claimant and apprenticeship and traineeship statistics

Further education

Including university graduate employment, graduate labour market and participation statistics

Higher education

Labour market and skills

Including absence, application and offers, capacity, exclusion and special educational needs (SEN) statistics

Pupils and schools

School and college outcomes and performance

Including initial teacher training (ITT) statistics

Teachers and school workforce

Including summarised expenditure, post-compulsory education, qualification and school statistics

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