Data collection for early years and childcare

Census and foundation stage profile return: how to submit data, technical specification, COLLECT guides.

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Guidance and regulation

• Early years census: technical specification
  • Guidance
  • 13 December 2024
  • Department for Education
• Framework for the regulation of providers on the Childcare Register
  • Guidance
  • 1 November 2024
  • Ofsted
• Early years foundation stage profile return
  • Guidance
  • 13 March 2024
  • Department for Education
• Early adopter schools: EYFS profile handbook
  • Guidance
  • 11 March 2021
  • Department for Education
• EYFSP return 2021: technical specification
  • Guidance
  • 25 January 2021
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

Information sharing in the foundation years: ministerial letter

21 November 2013 — Correspondence

Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care

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Research and statistics

• Pulse surveys of childcare and early years providers
  • 28 November 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Early years foundation stage profile results: 2023 to 2024
  • 28 November 2024
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics
• Health visitor service delivery metrics: April 2023 to March 2024 (annual 2023 to 2024)
  • 5 November 2024
  • Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
  • Official statistics
• Childrens Social Care Statistics for Northern Ireland 2023/24
  • 17 October 2024
  • Department of Health (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • National statistics
• Childcare providers and inspections: management information
  • 7 August 2024
  • Ofsted
  • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

• Publication of statistics on childcare providers and inspections
  • 11 May 2021
  • Ofsted
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 28 February 2021

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childcare
  • 16 October 2024
  • Ofsted
  • Transparency
• FOI: early years dataset as at 31 December 2016
  • 21 July 2021
  • Ofsted
  • Foi release

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

• Ofsted

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• Early years census
• Early years foundation stage profile return