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  • The early years workforce: recruitment, retention, and business planning

    Research into the early years workforce in England, with a focus on recruitment, retention and business planning.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Providers’ finances: survey of childcare and EY providers 2021

    Research into early years provider finances based on survey data from 2021.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Education recovery in early years providers: spring 2022

    A briefing on the continued impact of the pandemic and education recovery, drawing on evidence from spring 2022 inspections.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Ofsted: education recovery series
    • Organisation: Ofsted
    • Updated:
  • Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families indicators 2022

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

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families indicators and evidence base
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
    • Updated:
  • Education recovery in early years providers: autumn 2021

    A briefing on the continued impact of the pandemic and education recovery, drawing on evidence from inspections that Ofsted carried out in autumn 2021.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Ofsted: education recovery series
    • Organisation: Ofsted
    • Updated:
  • Childcare and early years providers survey: 2018

    Statistics on the characteristics of early years providers in England.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Statistics: childcare and early years
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Childcare and early years providers survey: 2019

    Statistics on the characteristics of early years providers in England.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Statistics: childcare and early years
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Childcare and early years providers survey: 2021

    Statistics on the characteristics of early years providers in England.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Statistics: childcare and early years
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 August 2021

    This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 August 2021.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Ofsted Annual Report 2020/21 and 1 others
    • Organisation: Ofsted
    • Updated:
  • Financial returns to early education spending

    Research estimating the financial returns of early education as part of the study of early education and development (SEED).

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Study of early education and development (SEED)
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Early education and outcomes to age 4

    Research into the impact of early education at ages 2 to 4 on child outcomes at age 4, and the importance of the early years home environment.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Study of early education and development (SEED)
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Early education use and child outcomes up to age 3

    The links between early childhood education and outcomes at age 3 as part of the study of early education and development (SEED).

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Study of early education and development (SEED)
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Childrens Social Care Statistics for Northern Ireland 2020/21

    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.

    • Document type: National Statistics
    • Organisation: Department of Health (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Early education use and child outcomes up to age 7

    The impact of early education at ages 2 to 7 on child outcomes as part of the study of early education and development (SEED).

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Study of early education and development (SEED)
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Early education and development: alternative quality scales

    This examines whether current quality scales used to assess childcare settings are the best predictors of children’s cognitive and self-regulation development.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Study of early education and development (SEED)
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Early education and development: Coronavirus (COVID-19) study

    Research on the experiences of children and parents from the study of early education and development (SEED) longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Study of early education and development (SEED)
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • How early years multiple providers work

    A report on early years multiple providers and how they influence policy and practice across individual nurseries and pre-schools.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Ofsted early years education research
    • Organisation: Ofsted
    • Updated:
  • Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 March 2016

    This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes and movement in the childcare sector as at 31 March 2016.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Early years and childcare statistics
    • Organisation: Ofsted
    • Updated:
  • Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 August 2016

    This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes and movement in the childcare sector as at 31 August 2016.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Ofsted Annual Report 2015/16 and 1 others
    • Organisation: Ofsted
    • Updated:
  • Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 December 2016

    This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes and movement in the childcare sector as at 31 December 2016.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Early years and childcare statistics
    • Organisation: Ofsted
    • Updated: