The data is published on the same day as the Early Years Alliance released documents revealing that Government ministers were aware of underfunding three- and four-year-old early entitlement places for years.
According to the Government statistics, childcare providers on the Early Years Register have fallen from 74,130 at the end of December 2020 to 71,535 childcare providers at the end of May 2021. This amounts to a loss of 2,595 childcare settings in just five months.
‘Joiners and leavers in the childcare sector’ shows that the majority of providers to close this year were childminders, with numbers dropping by 1,349.
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