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Table 14: Qualifications of childcare workforce and plans of childminders, January 2007
| Childminders | Pre-school education and daycare staff |
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Number | Percentage of all | Number | Percentage of all |
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Highest held childcare qualification |
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None | 3,540 | 64 | 4,930 | 18 |
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SVQ1 | 160 | 3 | 270 | 1 |
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SVQ2 | 230 | 4 | 3,040 | 11 |
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SVQ3 | 640 | 12 | 7,380 | 27 |
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HNC | 220 | 4 | 6,140 | 23 |
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SVQ4 | 70 | 1 | 2,070 | 8 |
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Degree | 50 | 1 | 2,220 | 8 |
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Other | 520 | 9 | 680 | 3 |
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Unknown | 70 | 1 | 550 | 2 |
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Any childcare qualification | 1,900 | 34 | 21,790 | 80 |
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Any childcare qualfication at SVQ2 or above | 1,000 | 18 | 19,300 | 76 |
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Any childcare qualification at SVQ3 or above | 980 | 18 | 17,810 | 65 |
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Highest held non-childcare qualification |
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None | 2,580 | 47 | 10,420 | 38 |
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SVQ1 | 530 | 10 | 3,060 | 11 |
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SVQ2 | 700 | 13 | 4,610 | 17 |
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SVQ3 | 860 | 16 | 5,270 | 19 |
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SVQ4 | 260 | 5 | 890 | 3 |
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Degree | 290 | 5 | 1,560 | 8 |
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Other | 260 | 5 | 960 | 3 |
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Unknown | 40 | 1 | 510 | 2 |
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All childcare qualifications working towards |
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None | 5,080 | 92 | 19,570 | 72 |
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SVQ1 | 10 | 0 | 190 | 1 |
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SVQ2 | 20 | 0 | 1,490 | 6 |
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SVQ3 | 200 | 4 | 2,660 | 10 |
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HNC | 20 | 0 | 430 | 2 |
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SVQ4 | 50 | 1 | 1,520 | 6 |
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Degree | 40 | 1 | 770 | 3 |
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Other | 90 | 2 | 380 | 1 |
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Unknown | | | 260 | 1 |
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Any training in the previous 12 months other than above? |
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Yes | 2,850 | 52 | | |
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None | 2,630 | 48 | | |
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Unknown | 40 | 1 | | |
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SCMA Scheme of Excellence | | | | |
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Achieved | 380 | 7 | | |
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Working towards | 500 | 9 | | |
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Not achieved and not working towards | 4,280 | 78 | | |
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Unknown | 350 | 6 | | |
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Any plans to quit childminding? (including inactive childminders) |
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None | 5,040 | 84 | | |
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Yes, next year | 400 | 7 | | |
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Have already stopped | 510 | 8 | | |
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Unknown | 70 | 1 | | |
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Reasons for planning to stop, or having already stopped, childminding (including inactive childminders, multiple response) |
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To work in other childcare job | 220 | 24 | | |
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Family reasons | 220 | 25 | | |
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To work in non childcare job | 120 | 13 | | |
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Regulatory burden | 110 | 12 | | |
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Other reason | 230 | 26 | | |
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Note: Numbers of childminders and childcare staff are rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages and staff numbers may not always equal the sum of their parts due to rounding.
The number of childminders is an estimate based on the total number of registered childminders (6,020) provided by the Care Commission, minus the proportion who responded to the survey saying they were inactive. See Appendix 2 for confidence intervals.
The number of childcare staff is an estimate based on the total number of staff working directly with children (Table 11), excluding those in public and private playgroups or in family centres or where the main service type of the centre was unknown, giving a total of 27,280. See Appendix 3 for confidence intervals.
Qualifications include those at an equivalent level - see background note for details.
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