Department for Education
Reporting year 2025

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.

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

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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 Early Education
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families
  • Permanent Secretary
  • Special Advisers
  • Private Secretaries
  • Director of Analysis 
  • Head of Profession (HoP) for Statistics 
  • Director of Early Years 
  • Deputy Director of Childcare Funding & Market Reform 
  • Deputy Director of EY Workforce and Practice Division 
  • Deputy Director of Early Years Improvement 
  • Deputy Director of Best Start Family 
  • Head of Market Reform & Funding Unit 
  • Head of BSiL Priority Groups
  • Head of Best Start Family Hubs Policy Implementation Unit 
  • Head of Long-term Best Start In Life Strategy 
  • Team Leader, Early Years SEND Accountability, SEND reform Delivery and Support 
  • Team leader, Disadvantage & SEND  Funding 
  • Team Leader, Market Reform & Funding Strategy
  • Team Leader, EY SEND Strategy and Specialist Team
  • Team Leader, Early Years Outcomes and Interventions Research and Analysis 
  • Team Leader, Funding Reform Policy 
  • Team Leader, Operational Policy & Legislation
  • Team Leader, School Based Nurseries Analysis  
  • Team Leader, Family Hubs Research & Evaluation Team
  • Economic Advisor, Early Years Analysis and Research Unit 
  • Senior Policy Advisor, Disadvantage & SEND Funding
  • Senior Policy Advisor, Entitlements Delivery Unit
  • Senior Policy Advisor, Market Oversight and Regulation Unit 
  • Senior Policy Advisor, User Journey Policy, Entitlements Delivery 
  • Deputy Director, Press Office 
  • Deputy Head of News
  • Media Officer
  • Media Officer
  • Head of Knowledge, Analysis and Intelligence, Benefits & Cross Government Analysis, HMRC 
  • Head of Tax-Free Childcare - Policy and Engagement, HMRC
  • Analyst, Universal Credit Policy Research, DWP

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