The available information is shown in the following table.
Opened Closed 2003/04 2,500 1,100 2004/05 2,800 1,800 2005/06 2,300 1,300 March 2006 to September 2006 1,200 710 Source: Data: Ofsted
Ofsted data on closures include registered places in settings which are transferring ownership, and in settings which move from one Ofsted category to another, not just in those which are ceasing trading. For example, if a full day care provider moved to offering sessional provision, this would be recorded as a ‘closed’ full day care setting and an ‘opened’ sessional day care setting. The Ofsted data therefore exaggerate the true extent of turnover.
Ofsted have produced figures on the numbers of registered child care providers and places on a quarterly basis from March 2003. Their latest figures were published in their report “Registered Childcare Providers and Places, September 2006”, which is available on their website, www.Ofsted.gov.uk/
The available information is shown in the following table.
Places 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 March 2006-September 2006 Opened 238,600 254,100 214,800 108,900 Childminders 62,800 53,000 48,800 24,300 Full day care 98,600 117,600 90,900 47,200 Out of school 77,200 83,500 75,200 37,400 Closed 128,400 200,800 144,600 86,800 Childminders 50,400 63,000 44,800 26,300 Full day care 38,500 65,600 48,700 27,900 Out of school 39,500 72,200 51,100 32,500 Net steady state changes1 +24,600 +19,200 +8,900 +5,600 Childminders +6,400 +6,300 +2,100 +1,600 Full day care +14,600 +9,600 +5,600 +3,400 Out of school +3,600 +3,300 +1,200 +680 Net change +134,900 +72,600 +79,100 +27,700 1 The net steady state refers to registered providers whose registration status has not changed, but whose number of places has fluctuated over the period in question.
Ofsted data on closures include registered places in settings which are transferring ownership, and in settings which move from one Ofsted category to another, not just in those which are ceasing trading. For example, if a sessional provider moved to offering full day care provision, its places would be recorded as ‘closed’ sessional places and ‘opened’ full day care places. The Ofsted data therefore exaggerate the true extent of turnover.
Ofsted have produced figures on the numbers of registered child care providers and places on a quarterly basis from March 2003. Their latest figures were published in their report “Registered Childcare Providers and Places, September 2006”, which is available on their website, www.Ofsted.gov.uk/
The Department is unable to provide details of the number of full-time or part-time child care places available as this data are not collected centrally.
Ofsted have produced figures on the number of registered child care places (by child care type) at local authority level on a quarterly basis from March 2003. Their figures are available on their website at www.Ofsted.gov.uk/