Research and analysis

Providers’ finances: survey of childcare and EY providers 2019

Research into early years provider finances based on survey data from 2019.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 26 October 2020
• Last updated: 28 April 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Providers’ finances: evidence from the survey of childcare and early years providers 2019

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-198-7, DFE-RR1008

PDF, 656 KB, 87 pages

Details

This report uses data from the survey of childcare and early years providers for 2019 to analyse provider finances including the:

• total cost and total income of delivering childcare
• variation in unit costs and staff hourly pay
• patterns in parent-paid hourly fees and additional charges for parents

Published 26 October 2020
Last updated 28 April 2022 + show all updates

1. 28 April 2022

   Added a new version of 'Providers’ finances: survey of childcare and EY providers 2019'. The analysis of staff hourly pay was revised in April 2022 to correct an issue in the construction of the original weights in the staff level data.

2. 26 October 2020

   First published.