Reporting year 2021

Childcare and early years survey of parents

Nationally representative survey of parents of children aged 0-14 on their use, experiences and views on early education and childcare.

Release type
Published
Last updated
1 updatefor Reporting year 2021

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If you have a specific enquiry about Childcare and early years survey of parents statistics and data:

Early Years Analysis and Research

Email: EY.ANALYSISANDRESEARCH@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Rachel Murphy

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Telephone: 020 7783 8300

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Phone: 0370 000 2288

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Official statistics

These are Official Statistics and have been produced in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (opens in new tab).

This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:

  • managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
  • meet identified user needs
  • produced according to sound methods
  • well explained and readily accessible

Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance (opens in new tab).

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).

OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).


Pre-release access list

Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

  • Secretary of State for Education 
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families 
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System
  • Permanent Secretary
  • Special advisers
  • Director General Families Group 
  • Director Early Years, Childcare Families and Analysis 
  • Deputy Director EY Sufficiency and Entitlements 
  • Head of Early Years Markets and Sufficiency
  • Head of Infrastructure and Funding Analysis 
  • Head of Counter Extremism and Non-School Education 
  • Head of Early Years Quality in Settings
  • Team Leader Counter Extremism and Non-School Education 
  • Team leader - Early Years Sufficiency and Entitlements
  • Senior Researcher Counter Extremism and Non-School Education 
  • Policy Advisor Counter Extremism and Non-School Education 
  • Policy advisor - Early Years Sufficiency and Entitlements 
  • Policy advisor - Early Years Sufficiency and Entitlements 
  • Senior Media Officer
  • Media Officer
  • Team Leader, Tax Free Childcare Policy Analysis, HMRC