Consultation outcome

Publication of statistics on childcare providers and inspections

• From: Ofsted
• Published: 19 January 2021
• Last updated: 11 May 2021 — See all updates

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Publication of statistics on childcare providers and inspections: report on the responses to the consultation

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Detail of outcome

This is a report on the outcomes of the consultation on the proposals for changes to our statistical release on childcare providers and inspections.

In summary we will:

• reduce the frequency of our official statistics from 3 times per year to twice per year.
• introduce new management information as outlined in the proposal. We will also look to adapt the data to include additional information where possible.
• apply the proposed changes to the data tables to provide a more detailed picture of the childcare sector. We will also incorporate additional fields into the tables where possible.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks your views on proposed changes to our statistical release on childcare providers and inspections.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 19 January 2021 to 11:45pm on 28 February 2021

Consultation description

About this consultation

This consultation seeks your views on proposed changes to our statistical release on childcare providers and inspections. We are seeking the widest possible range of views to ensure that the publication meets the needs of all users with an interest or expertise in early years.

We propose to:

• reduce the publication frequency of our official statistics on childcare providers and inspections from 3 times to 2 times per year
• publish management information twice per year to provide more regular updates to the data
• make changes to data tables to provide a more detailed picture of the childcare sector

We will consider all responses carefully before finalising and publishing the results in spring 2021.

Documents

Publication of statistics on childcare providers and inspections

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Equality, diversity and inclusion statement: publication of statistics on childcare providers and inspections

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Example of management information: childcare providers and inspections

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Published 19 January 2021
Last updated 11 May 2021 + show all updates

1. 11 May 2021

   Consultation response published.

2. 19 January 2021

   First published.