The total numbers of providers, places and children attending childcare and early years provision all continued on their upward trend in 2007, according to the Government's latest providers' survey. But loss-making settings, and problems in delivering the extended free entitlement, still threaten the long-term success of the Government strategy.
The oint chief executive of Daycare Trust, Alison Garnham, says, 'Issues of quality and sustainability leap out from these figures, showing a high proportion of providers merely breaking even or operating at a loss, and although it is great to see more staff gaining qualifications, pay levels remain a scandal, acting as a break on quality in the childcare and early years sector.'
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