Pre-School and Childcare Statistics 2006
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Table 12: Number of childcare services that charge, accept donations or are free to parents, by main service type, area deprivation and rurality (excluding childminders), January 2006
| Charge | Accept or ask for donation | Charge and accept donations | Free | Unknown |
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All | Number | 2,148 | 711 | 39 | 634 | 774 |
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Percentage | 49.9 | 16.5 | 0.9 | 14.7 | 18.0 |
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Centres with Nursery as a main service, by sector |
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Public sector nursery | Number | 303 | 636 | 29 | 434 | 111 |
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Percentage | 20.0 | 42.0 | 1.9 | 28.7 | 7.3 |
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Private sector nursery | Number | 490 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 121 |
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Percentage | 78.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 19.3 |
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Voluntary sector nursery | Number | 163 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 45 |
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Percentage | 65.7 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 18.2 |
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Nursery - sector unknown | Number | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
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Percentage | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 |
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Main Service (excluding centres with Nursery as a main service) |
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Playgroup | Number | 431 | 26 | 6 | 43 | 121 |
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Percentage | 68.7 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 19.3 |
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Out of school club | Number | 563 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 193 |
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Percentage | 73.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 25.3 |
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Creche | Number | 77 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 41 |
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Percentage | 45.8 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 28.0 | 24.4 |
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Family/Children Centre | Number | 34 | 15 | 3 | 43 | 30 |
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Percentage | 27.2 | 12.0 | 2.4 | 34.4 | 24.0 |
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Breakfast Club | Number | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Percentage | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Holiday Playscheme | Number | 45 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 35 |
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Percentage | 48.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 37.6 |
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No Single Main service or unknown | Number | 35 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 57 |
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Percentage | 29.9 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 48.7 |
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Management sector (excluding centres with Nursery as a main service) |
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Public | Number | 148 | 16 | 2 | 62 | 58 |
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Percentage | 51.8 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 21.7 | 20.3 |
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Private | Number | 211 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 110 |
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Percentage | 62.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 32.7 |
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Voluntary | Number | 812 | 33 | 7 | 93 | 269 |
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Percentage | 66.9 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 22.2 |
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Unknown | Number | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
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Percentage | 27.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 69.0 |
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Area deprivation (all centres) |
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Least deprived | Number | 787 | 166 | 4 | 184 | 254 |
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Percentage | 56.4 | 11.9 | 0.3 | 13.2 | 18.2 |
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Intermediate | Number | 730 | 262 | 9 | 263 | 258 |
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Percentage | 48.0 | 17.2 | 0.6 | 17.3 | 17.0 |
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Most deprived | Number | 626 | 283 | 26 | 187 | 261 |
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Percentage | 45.3 | 20.5 | 1.9 | 13.5 | 18.9 |
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No category | Number | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Percentage | 83.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 |
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Rurality (all centres) |
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Urban areas | Number | 1374 | 448 | 31 | 291 | 523 |
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Percentage | 51.5 | 16.8 | 1.2 | 10.9 | 19.6 |
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Small towns | Number | 296 | 91 | 3 | 81 | 84 |
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Percentage | 53.3 | 16.4 | 0.5 | 14.6 | 15.1 |
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Rural areas | Number | 473 | 172 | 5 | 262 | 166 |
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Percentage | 43.9 | 16.0 | 0.5 | 24.3 | 15.4 |
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No category | Number | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Percentage | 83.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 |
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Note: Nurseries are separated from other centres for analysis by management sector because of the special funding arrangements for pre-school education. See text for details.
Page updated: Wednesday, September 13, 2006