The latest Ofsted statistics on ‘Childcare providers and inspections’ to 31 August 2017 show there are 752 fewer registered childminders than at the end of March 2017.
The statistics, which measure the number of providers that have registered with Ofsted and the number of providers that have left between 31 March and 31 August 2017, show that the number of childminders has fallen by two per cent to 42,743.
However, over the past five years, the total number of childminders has fallen by 14,669 (26 per cent), the data showed.
There were 27,023 childcare providers on non-domestic premises as at 31 August 2017. Similar numbers of providers joined and left the childcare sector between 31 March and 31 August 2017, with the net number of nurseries up 28.
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