Data collection for early years and childcare

Census and foundation stage profile return: how to submit data, technical specification, COLLECT guides.

Guidance and regulation

Early years foundation stage profile return
- Guidance
- 13 March 2024
- Department for Education
Framework for the regulation of providers on the Childcare Register
- Guidance
- 1 April 2022
- Ofsted
Early years census: technical specification
- Guidance
- 23 February 2024
- Department for Education
Early adopter schools: EYFS profile handbook
- Guidance
- 11 March 2021
- Department for Education
EYFSP return 2020: technical specification
- Guidance
- 23 January 2020
- Department for Education

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News and communications

Information sharing in the foundation years: ministerial letter

21 November 2013Correspondence

Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care

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Research and statistics

Childcare providers and inspections: management information
- 30 January 2024
- Ofsted
- Statistical data set
Early years foundation stage profile results: 2022 to 2023
- 30 November 2023
- Department for Education
- National statistics
Early years foundation stage consultation: a survey of providers
- 27 October 2023
- Department for Education
- Research
Childrens Social Care Statistics for Northern Ireland 2022/23
- 19 October 2023
- Department of Health (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- National statistics
The impact of rising costs on childcare and early years providers
- 25 May 2023
- Department for Education
- Research

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Policy papers and consultations

Publication of statistics on childcare providers and inspections
- 11 May 2021
- Ofsted
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 28 February 2021

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childcare
- 17 April 2024
- Ofsted
- Transparency
FOI: early years dataset as at 31 December 2016
- 21 July 2021
- Ofsted
- Foi release

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Organisations

Ofsted

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