Number of places rising, says Ofsted

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 18 May 2006

The number of childcare places in England is continuing to rise, quarterly figures from Ofsted show. At the end of March there were 107,600 providers offering 1,537,800 places, an increase of 15,300 since December.

The number of childcare places in England is continuing to rise, quarterly figures from Ofsted show. At the end of March there were 107,600 providers offering 1,537,800 places, an increase of 15,300 since December. In the past three months, the number of full daycare places has grown by 200 to 322,200 and the number of childminders by 100 to 71,600. The most noticeable increase was in...

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