The statistics published by Ofsted show the number of joiners and leaves in the early years sector between the start of April 2020 and the end of March 2021.
There was an overall loss of 442 nurseries between April 2020 and the end of March 2021, while more than 2,185 childminders left the sector.
This January saw the largest net loss with 1,772 providers closing between the end of December and January. Of these, 910 were home childcarers (i.e nannies voluntarily registered with Ofsted), 768 were childminders, and 94 were nurseries.
In the category of childcare on non-domestic premises (i.e nurseries and pre-schools) there were 27,619 providers at the start of April 2020, but this had dropped to 27,177 at the end of March 2021, a net loss of 442.
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