Statistics Publication Notice: Education and Training Series: Pre-School and Childcare Statistics 2009

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Table 5: Total number of services and facilities by management sector, area deprivation and urban/rural classification (excluding childminders), January 2009

Service

Nursery

Playgroup

Out of school club

Breakfast club

Creche

Children/ family centre

Sitter service

Holiday play-scheme

Family support

Professional health care

Gaelic provision

Outdoor play area

Number

Management Sector

Public

1,571

50

247

176

87

111

0

173

340

286

51

1,642

Private

694

65

359

181

91

10

8

233

75

56

4

799

Voluntary

286

464

485

165

120

62

25

380

117

50

25

885

Unknown

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Area Deprivation

Most deprived

824

96

367

179

164

127

19

324

264

159

23

1,045

Intermediate

981

220

361

183

77

36

4

226

165

146

48

1,228

Least deprived

743

263

360

158

57

19

9

236

103

87

8

1,050

Unknown

3

0

3

2

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

3

Urban/Rural Classification

Urban

1,563

259

727

329

222

153

26

552

373

242

20

2,029

Small towns

310

104

143

83

38

25

2

106

69

52

12

419

Rural

675

216

218

108

38

4

4

128

90

98

47

875

Unknown

3

0

3

2

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

3

SCOTLAND

2,551

579

1,091

522

298

183

33

786

532

392

80

3,326

Percentage of centres that provide service/facility

Management Sector

Public

86.3

2.7

13.6

9.7

4.8

6.1

0.0

9.5

18.7

15.7

2.8

90.2

Private

66.4

6.2

34.4

17.3

8.7

1.0

0.8

22.3

7.2

5.4

0.4

76.5

Voluntary

22.8

37.0

38.7

13.2

9.6

4.9

2.0

30.3

9.3

4.0

2.0

70.6

Unknown

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Area Deprivation

Most deprived

61.8

7.2

27.5

13.4

12.3

9.5

1.4

24.3

19.8

11.9

1.7

78.4

Intermediate

66.1

14.8

24.3

12.3

5.2

2.4

0.3

15.2

11.1

9.8

3.2

82.7

Least deprived

57.4

20.3

27.8

12.2

4.4

1.5

0.7

18.2

8.0

6.7

0.6

81.1

Unknown

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Urban/Rural Classification

Urban

61.1

10.1

28.4

12.9

8.7

6.0

1.0

21.6

14.6

9.5

0.8

79.4

Small towns

58.9

19.8

27.2

15.8

7.2

4.8

0.4

20.2

13.1

9.9

2.3

79.7

Rural

65.5

21.0

21.2

10.5

3.7

0.4

0.4

12.4

8.7

9.5

4.6

85.0

Unknown

50.0

0.0

50.0

33.3

0.0

16.7

16.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

16.7

50.0

SCOTLAND

61.9

14.1

26.5

12.7

7.2

4.4

0.8

19.1

12.9

9.5

1.9

80.7

Notes:

A single centre can provide multiple services.

Public includes local authority, health board and other government funded centres.

Excludes centres who told us they were closed or not operating

Where childcare centres did not provide information, the previous year's information has been used, where available.

Page updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2009