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Childcare and early years

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  • A statistical profile containing information on various aspects of the health of children in Northern Ireland.

  • Research on the impact, both seen and predicted, of recent childcare reforms on providers.

  • 'Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families' indicator data used to track progress in tackling disadvantages affecting families’ and children’s outcomes.

  • Use Five-Year Ofsted Inspection Data to explore inspection data for children’s social care, early years, further education and skills, non-association independent schools, initial teacher education providers and state-funded…

  • Management information aggregating registered childcare providers and inspections and their outcomes.

  • Statistics on the characteristics of early years providers in England.

  • Research looking at whether, on average, bigger childcare providers deliver childcare more cheaply.

  • Evidence of providers’ finances from the 2022 survey of childcare and early years providers.

  • Annual statistics on early years foundation stage profile assessments in England relating to the 7 areas of learning and the 17 early learning goals.

  • This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 August 2023.

  • Annual datasets for local authority metrics on outcomes for children at 2 to 2 and a half years as measured by the Ages and Stages Questionnaire 3 (ASQ-3).

  • Research on how likely childcare providers are to implement proposed changes to the early years foundation stage.

  • A report evaluating the statutory EYFS 2021 reforms, aimed at improving early years outcomes for all children.

  • Children’s social care statistics for Northern Ireland presents figures, collected from each of the five health and social care trusts, for children in need at 31 March and year ending 31 March.

  • A research report and data tables summarising mixed methodology research into the impact of Tax-Free Childcare on parental labour market participation.

  • A three-part subject-based curriculum research review focused on early years education.

  • Commentaries on early years inspection data.

  • Findings from the 2022 survey of parents on childcare and early years.

  • Statistics on children aged 2 to 4 registered for funded early education and childcare entitlements in England, including on staff and providers delivering them.

  • This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 March 2023.