Sector Research
Why is this important?
Sector research is useful to help you understand the wider context of your working environment. It might provide useful context for business plans, inform decisions about growth, or support funding applications.
Description
This section contains research and reports about the childcare sector.
Supports
Business planning. Sector knowledge and understanding.
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Insights in to Wraparound Childcare
Insights into wraparound care report
from Childcare Works
Holiday Childcare Survey 2024
Holiday Childcare Survey – annual report into costs of holiday childcare
from Family and Childcare Trust
Childcare Survey 2024
Annual Childcare survey
from Family and Childcare Trust
Early education and childcare (applies from 1 April 2024)
An overview of LA childcare sufficiency duties
Note: Each LA should publish a detailed report on their website detailing the findings of their current and future childcare sufficiency assessment.
from GOV.UK
Childcare providers and inspections: management information
sChildcare Inspections – Management information from Ofsted
from GOV.UK
Statistics: childcare and early years
Statistics about Early Years and Childcare from parent and provider perspective
from GOV.UK
Study of early education and development (SEED)
A study of early education and development (SEED) to evaluate the:
• effect of early education on children’s outcomes
• quality of provision
• value for money of providing funded early years education
from GOV.UK
Universal Credit childcare element statistics, March 2021 to May 2024 –
Report on the use of the childcare element of universal credit
from GOV.UK
