Childcare places available drop by thousands

The total number of childcare places in England has dropped by 11,000 in three months as the recession takes its toll on early years providers, the latest Ofsted figures show.
08-02-2010

The statistics, which show the number of childcare providers and places at the end of December, show a fall in both the numbers of childminders and ‘non-domestic’ childcare settings on the Early Years Register since September.

Registered Childcare Providers and Places in England, December 2009, shows that the number of childminders has fallen by 813 over the last quarter, from 58,611 to a new low of 57,798, while the number of non-domestic settings has fallen by 146, from 27,131 to 26,985. The total number of childcare places across all types of setting now stands at 1,321,144, down from 1,332,976, in September

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