Table 15: Qualifications of childminder workforce, January 2009
| Childminders |
|---|
Number | Percentage of all |
|---|
Highest held childcare qualification |
|---|
None | 2,980 | 54 |
|---|
SVQ 1 | 150 | 3 |
|---|
SVQ 2 | 230 | 4 |
|---|
SVQ 3 | 990 | 18 |
|---|
HNC | 190 | 3 |
|---|
SVQ 4 | 70 | 1 |
|---|
Degree | 150 | 3 |
|---|
Other | 280 | 5 |
|---|
Unknown | 510 | 9 |
|---|
Any childcare qualification | 2,060 | 37 |
|---|
Any childcare qualification at SVQ2 or above | 1,630 | 29 |
|---|
Any childcare qualification at SVQ3 or above | 1,410 | 25 |
|---|
Highest held non-childcare qualification |
|---|
None | 1,790 | 32 |
|---|
SVQ 1 | 420 | 8 |
|---|
SVQ 2 | 720 | 13 |
|---|
SVQ 3 | 1,040 | 19 |
|---|
SVQ 4 | 350 | 6 |
|---|
degree | 410 | 7 |
|---|
other | 180 | 3 |
|---|
Unknown | 650 | 12 |
|---|
All childcare qualifications working towards |
|---|
None | 4,480 | 81 |
|---|
SVQ1 | 20 | 0 |
|---|
SVQ2 | 40 | 1 |
|---|
SVQ3 | 160 | 3 |
|---|
HNC | 60 | 1 |
|---|
SVQ4 | 50 | 1 |
|---|
Degree | 50 | 1 |
|---|
Other | 80 | 1 |
|---|
Unknown | 630 | 11 |
|---|
Any training in the previous 12 months other than above? |
|---|
Yes | 3,280 | 59 |
|---|
None | 2,270 | 41 |
|---|
SCMA Scheme of Excellence |
|---|
Achieved | 650 | 12 |
|---|
Working towards | 450 | 8 |
|---|
Not achieved and not working towards | 4,170 | 75 |
|---|
Unknown | 270 | 5 |
|---|
Notes:
Childminder figures are based on a sample of registered childminders. The data have been weighted up to the total number of registered childminders in Scotland excluding those listed by the Care Commission as inactive (5,560 as at June 2008). More detail on the methodology used is available in the background notes. See Appendix 2 for confidence intervals.
Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages to the nearest whole percent to express the uncertainty inherent in these figures. For this reason, totals may not exactly equal the sum of their parts.
Qualifications include those at an equivalent level - see background notes for details. Staff are counted once for each qualification they are working towards.