Full-day places rise as others decline
Catherine Gaunt
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
The number of daycare places has increased by more than 13 per cent in the past 12 months and now stands at more than half a million, according to figures published by Ofsted last week. Quarterly data on the number of registered childcare providers and places to the end of December last year show that there are now 12,000 daycare providers, including pre-school groups, day nurseries and children's centres, offering 507,700 places.
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