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Table 16: Highest childcare qualifications of childcare workforce September 2005/January 2006, January 2007 and January 2008
| Childminders | Pre-school education and daycare staff |
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January 2006 | January 2007 | January 2008 | September 2005 | January 2007 | January 2008 |
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Percentage of all with... |
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None | 63 | 64 | 67 | 16 | 18 | 16 |
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SVQ1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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SVQ2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
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SVQ3 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 27 | 28 |
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HNC | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 25 |
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SVQ4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Degree | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
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Other | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
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Unknown | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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Notes
Childminder figures are based on a sample of registered childminders. In 2006 and 2007 the data were weighted up to the total number of registered childminders in Scotland and the number of inactive childminders was estimated from the survey responses. For 2008, those responding to say they were still childminding have been weighted up to the total number of registered childminders in Scotland excluding those listed by the Care Commission as inactive (5,580). For this reason, figures for 2007 and 2008 are not strictly comparable. More detail on the methodology used is available in the background notes. See Appendix 2 for confidence intervals for 2008.
The numbers of childcare centre staff are estimates based on the total number of staff working directly with children and any additional staff responsible for the management of the registered service (around 150 in total). Staff working in public and private playgroups and private family centres or where the main service type of the centre was unknown are excluded. See Appendix 3 for confidence intervals for 2008.
Any staff responsible for the management of the registered service but not working directly with children are not included in 2006 and 2007. Although the effect is small, childcare staff data for 2008 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.
Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole percent to express the uncertainty inherent in these figures. For this reason, totals may not exactly equal the sum of their parts.
Qualifications include those at an equivalent level - see background notes for details.
The percentage of pre-school education and dayare staff with "other" qualifications in 2007 was rounded in the wrong direction and has been corrected in this publication.
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