Providers' Finances: Evidence from the 2024 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers. Research Report
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| Title: | Providers' Finances: Evidence from the 2024 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers. Research Report |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ella Lingard, Rohan Jain, Marina Symington, Su-Min Lee, Gavan Conlon, Department for Education (DfE) (United Kingdom) |
| Source: | UK Department for Education. 2025. |
| Availability: | UK Department for Education. Castle View House East Lane, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2GJ, UK. Tel: +44-37-0000-2288; Fax: +44-19-2873-8248; Web site: http://www.education.gov.uk |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 92 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: | Educational Finance, Child Care, Foreign Countries, Income, Costs, Preschools, Regional Characteristics, Differences, Child Caregivers, Wages, Fees |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom (England) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-83870-710-1 |
| Abstract: | This report presents an analysis of childcare providers' finances based on a survey carried out between May and July 2024, shortly after significant reforms in "entitlement" funding in England began. From April 2024, government-funded childcare was expanded to younger children and, from September 2025, all pre-school children from eligible working households from the age of 9 months will be entitled to the equivalent of 30 hours of government-funded childcare for 38 weeks of the year. To understand the potential impact of the expansion and the ability of the sector to expand provision it is important to understand the financial health of childcare providers and the cost of childcare to the government, providers and parents. This report presents an analysis of the cost of childcare and the finances of providers based on responses to the 2024 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers (SCEYP), carried out just after the start of the expansion in childcare entitlements. The analysis also focuses on differences between different types of childcare providers, different regions of the country, and different age groups, which acknowledges differences in the way that childcare is delivered and economic context within which it is delivered. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED676774 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This report presents an analysis of childcare providers' finances based on a survey carried out between May and July 2024, shortly after significant reforms in "entitlement" funding in England began. From April 2024, government-funded childcare was expanded to younger children and, from September 2025, all pre-school children from eligible working households from the age of 9 months will be entitled to the equivalent of 30 hours of government-funded childcare for 38 weeks of the year. To understand the potential impact of the expansion and the ability of the sector to expand provision it is important to understand the financial health of childcare providers and the cost of childcare to the government, providers and parents. This report presents an analysis of the cost of childcare and the finances of providers based on responses to the 2024 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers (SCEYP), carried out just after the start of the expansion in childcare entitlements. The analysis also focuses on differences between different types of childcare providers, different regions of the country, and different age groups, which acknowledges differences in the way that childcare is delivered and economic context within which it is delivered. |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-83870-710-1 |
