Official Statistics

Childcare and early years providers survey: 2019

Statistics on the characteristics of early years providers in England.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 7 November 2019
• Last updated: 9 December 2021
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  1. 9 December 2021

     'Main tables: survey of childcare and early years providers 2019' - updated tables 25, 26 and 28 due to an issue with the staff-level weighting, and table 4a due to an error in the data. Updated 'Main summary: survey of childcare and early years providers 2019' to include the full list of tables and amend the title of Figure 6b.

  2. 18 February 2021

     Added a new 'Proportion of Early Years staff by age group' (table 28) to the 'Main tables: survey of childcare and early years providers 2019' spreadsheet.

  3. 3 December 2020

     Added a new 'Ethnicity of staff as a proportion of Early Years staff' table to the 'Main tables: survey of childcare and early years providers 2019' spreadsheet.

  4. 18 June 2020

     Updated main tables spreadsheet: added additional tables (25a to 25d and 26) covering workforce qualifications and proportion of staff earning under the national minimum wage. Updated data on average number of spare places in Tables 10a and 10b and data on total number of paid staff by region in Tables 12a and 12b. Formatting amends made to technical document.

  5. 7 November 2019

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Main summary: survey of childcare and early years providers 2019

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LA fees summary: survey of childcare and early years providers 2019

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Technical report: survey of childcare and early years providers 2019

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Details

This release gives information on the main characteristics of childcare and early years provision in England, including:

• provider characteristics
• number of places
• number of children attending
• staff characteristics and qualifications
• fees

Early years and childcare research and analysis

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