The Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey collects information on the proportion of staff in the child care sector qualified to at least level three. The following table shows the proportion of staff in the child care sector qualified to at least level three for 2003, 2006 and 2007 by different type of child care provider. The proportion of staff qualified to at least level 3 rose in all types of child care setting from 2003 to 2007. Data for earlier years are not available.
2003 2006 2007 Full day care 57 73 72 Full day care in children’s centres n/a 80 82 Sessional 44 58 61 After school clubs 37 51 53 Holiday clubs 30 53 54 Child minders n/a 38 41 Nursery schools 78 80 83 Primary schools with nursery and reception classes 72 77 77 Primary schools with reception but no nursery classes 64 71 73 Notes: 1. Data include all paid child care staff from Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey. 2. Data are not available for all types of providers for 2003.