Research and analysis

Providers' finances: survey of childcare and EY providers 2018

Research into early years provider finances based on survey data from 2018.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 March 2019
• Last updated: 28 April 2022
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  1. 28 April 2022

     Added a new version of 'Providers’ finances: survey of childcare and EY providers 2018'. The analysis of staff hourly pay was revised in April 2022 to correct an issue in the construction of the original weights in the staff level data.

  2. 12 April 2019

     Corrected the figure, on page 29, of staff in settings with at least one male member of staff - from 33% to 23%.

  3. 28 March 2019

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Providers’ finances: evidence from the survey of childcare and early years providers 2018

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-007-2, DFE-RR896

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Details

This report uses data from the survey of childcare and early years providers for 2018 to analyse provider finances including the:

• total cost and total income of delivering childcare
• variation in unit costs and staff hourly pay
• patterns in parent-paid hourly fees and additional charges for parents

It aims to develop an understanding of the financial models of different types of settings.