1. Use of childcare by children aged 0-4

children_aged

entitlement_type

proportion

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 and 5 to 14 saying that various changes to childcare arrangements would make it better suited to their needs.

1. Changes to provision

Proportion of families using childcare during the school holidays.

1. Childcare use in school holidays

The proportion of families with children aged 0-14 (split by age bands) using childcare in the most recent term-time week by year.

1. Childcare use by families

The proportion of children aged 0-14 (split by age groups) using childcare in the most recent term time week by year.

1. Childcare use by children

The proportion of families who had not used any childcare in the last year selecting various reasons for not doing so.

1. Reasons not using childcare

Awareness of funded childcare support offers for parents with 2 year olds.

2. Awareness of funded support for 2yo

The proportion of families saying that they engage in various home learning activities at least once a day, by year.

5. Home Learning Environment

The frequency with which parents engage in various home-learning activities with their children.

5. Home Learning Environment activities

The proportion of mothers reporting that they were working.

6. Maternal work

Factors that influence the decision to work by child age

6. Work factors by child age

The proportion of parents aware of the 15 hours entitlement for 3 year olds and 4 year olds.

2. Awareness of 15 hours entitlement for 3 yo and 4yo

2. Awareness of 30 hours entitlement for 3 yo and 4yo

The perceived work impact of the 30 hour working families entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds.

2. Work impact 30 hours 34yo

Awareness of the 30 hour working families entitlement for 9 month to 2 year olds.

2. Awareness of 30 hours entitlement for 9m to 2yo

Proportion of parents over time (by child age) judging the affordability of childcare as good.

3. Affordability good

Proportion of parents overtime  finding it difficult to meet their childcare costs.

3. Difficulty meeting costs

Families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 and 5 to 14 perceive the availability of local childcare overtime as about right.

4. Availability about right

Families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 and 5 to 14 perceive the availability of local childcare overtime as not enough.

4. Availability not enough

Families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 and 5 to 14 perceive the quality of local childcare as good overtime.

4. Quality good

Parental perceptions on local childcare for 0-4 year olds.

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Use of different funded entitlements by child age.

2. Entitlements use

Satisfaction with how funded childcare hours can be used.

2. Satisfaction funded hours

Perceived impact on work hours for the new 15 hour childcare entitlement for 2 year olds.

2. Hours impact 15 hours for 2yo

Perceived impact on employment choices of the new 15 hour childcare entitlement for 2 year olds.

2. Employment choice impact 15 hours for 2yo

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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