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Pre-School and Childcare Statistics 2007
27/09/2007
Statistics are published today on all pre-school and childcare centres registered with the Care Commission, registered childminders and childcare centre staff.
Pre-School and Childcare Statistics 2007 also presents revised figures on the number of registered centres in 2006.
Headline messages are:
- In January 2007 there were 4,457 registered childcare and pre-school education centres, of which 4,315 (96.8 per cent) were operating. There were 6,020 registered childminders, of whom 5,510 (92 per cent) were active
- Over half of centres operating (2,412) said that their main service was a nursery. A further 774 centres said their main service was an out of school club, and 574 centres said their main service was a playgroup
- Of all registered pre-school and childcare centres, 42.3 per cent were in the public sector, 24.0 per cent were in the private sector, 32.4 were in the voluntary sector, and for 1.4 per cent the sector was not known
- In January 2007 there were 32,648 staff working in pre-school and childcare centres in Scotland, of which 27,984 worked directly with children
- Eighty per cent of childcare centre staff had at least one childcare qualification, and 65 per cent had a qualification at SVQ level 3 equivalent or above
- Thirty four per cent of active childminders had a childcare qualification, while 18 per cent had a childcare qualification at SVQ level 3 equivalent or above
- In January 2007 there were 2,750 local authority or partnership pre-school education providers in Scotland
- Fifty five per cent of local authority or partnership pre-school education centres had at least one General Teaching Council for Scotland registered teacher
- Approximately 97.4 per cent of children eligible for free pre-school or ante-pre-school education were registered with local authority or partnership pre-school education centres. Children are counted once for every pre-school centre they attend, so this figure may include some double counting