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Findings from the 2025 survey of parents on childcare and early years.
This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 March 2026.
This is the first official statistics release covering the renewed…
Introduction This document contains the methodology relevant to our…
The phrase ‘pre-release access’ refers to the practice whereby official…
Annual January statistics on children under 5 registered for government funded entitlements in England, and on providers and staff delivering them.
Research reports of the results from the childcare and early years provider pulse surveys.
Schools’ experiences of opening new or expanded nursery provision funded by the school-based nursery capital grant.
Evidence of providers’ finances from the 2025 survey of childcare and early years providers.
This analysis examined how Tax-Free Childcare supports labour market participation for mothers from pregnancy to childbirth and following maternity leave.
Annual datasets for local authority health visits to pregnant women, children and their families during pregnancy and early childhood.
The findings and recommendations of the Early Years Screen Time Advisory Group on the effects of all types of screen use in the early years of childhood.
Annual local authority metrics about health visits to pregnant women, children and their families during pregnancy and early childhood.
Findings from the second wave of the Children of the 2020s (COT20s) longitudinal study.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted research into parents’ experience of using the childcare service.
A look at different childcare operating models for school-based nurseries offering non-typical provision, how they are run and the guidance and support offered.
A revised methodology to incorporate school-based nurseries in calculations of childcare accessibility in England.
Interim findings from the evaluation of the Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC) programme.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) commissioned Ipsos to carry out research into the impact of Tax-Free Childcare on working parents in the labour market.
Management information aggregating registered childcare providers and inspections and their outcomes.
Statistics on the characteristics of early years providers in England.
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…
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