Summary Results of the 2003 Pre-School and Daycare Census

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SUMMARY RESULTS OF THE 2003: PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE CENSUS

Table 13: Centres providing pre-school education: places, children and staff by management arrangements of centre Scotland, January 2002 and 2003

Management arrangements

January 2002

January 2003

Change 02 to 03

Number

%

Number of centres

Local authority

1,511

1,570

59

4%

Private sector partnership

505

617

112

22%

Voluntary sector partnership

537

561

24

4%

Other partnership

44

34

-10

-23%

Total

2,597

2,782

185

7%

Number of places 1

Local authority

67,781

68,879

1,098

2%

Private sector partnership

20,610

25,533

4,923

24%

Voluntary sector partnership

13,594

13,838

244

2%

Other partnership

1,485

1,104

-381

-26%

Total

103,470

109,354

5,884

6%

Number of children attending

Local authority

72,566

75,234

2,668

4%

Private sector partnership

14,442

17,663

3,221

22%

Voluntary sector partnership

10,436

11,212

776

7%

Other partnership

1,325

969

-356

-27%

Total

98,769

105,078

6,309

6%

Number of staff

Local authority

10,071

8,809

-1,262

-13%

Private sector partnership

5,623

6,741

1,118

20%

Voluntary sector partnership

2,967

2,809

-158

-5%

Other partnership

351

317

-34

-10%

Total

19,012

18,676

-336

-2%

Note 1: Places = term time places during day, evening & weekend, and holiday places

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