High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Childcare
As at January 2009 there were 4,274 registered childcare centres, a decrease on the 4,336 of January 2008. Of these centres, 4,119 were operating, around 148 fewer than in 2008. There were 2,645 centres that provided local authority funded pre-school education.
The number of registered childminders decreased from 6,055 in January 2008 to 6,039 in January 2009. If inactive childminders are excluded, this figure is 5,534.
During census week a total of 196,750 children attended childcare centres and 28,980 attended childminders. These figures may include some double counting as children are counted once for each centre and/or childminder they attend.
There were 25,470 paid staff working directly with children in childcare centres, of which 86 per cent were permanent and 50 per cent were part time.
The percentage of childminders with a childcare qualification at SVQ level 2 equivalent or above increased by two percentage points, to 29 per cent. The percentage with SVQ level 3 or above increased by three percentage points to 25 per cent.
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