Within its annual report, published today (5 December), the inspectorate includes data on childcare accessibility by neighbourhood across England from March 2020 – March 2024.
The analysis was carried out in response to concerns that many families struggle to access high-quality care and was first published in October – ‘Changes in access to childcare in England’.It forms part of a larger project being carried out with the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
As previous research has highlighted, it finds that areas with more families on low incomes and children in poverty, are more likely to experience childcare deserts – areas where there are more than three children for every early years place, while more affluent areas are more likely to have childcare ‘oases’.
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