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challenges facing the mixed economy in delivering quality and
sufficiency
10 September 2007
Purnima TanukuChief Executive
who we are
• National membership organisation for children’s day nurseries across the UK
• Registered charity since 1999
• Promoting quality in early years
what we do• Voice of the sector – national and local
Government and media
• Support, information and advice
• Member consultation
• Conferences, nursery awards, seminars and forums
• Campaigns for healthy lifestyles for children
• Training and Professional Development
• Quality Counts scheme
key drivers
• Government strategy
• Rise in female workforce – 52% of mothers with children under 5 now work
• Increase in the age of new mothers – 50% of births to mothers over 30
• Working parent preferences – 20% of under 5s attend a day nursery, 31% use relatives, 24% use parents, 18% use a registered childminder, 7% use other forms of childcare
the UK childcare market
• 15,000 day nurseries provide care and education for nearly 1 million under-5s
• The day nursery sector employs over 200,000 people
• The average cost across sectors of a full-time place for a child under 2 years old is £138 per week.
number of group providers
5,500
7,800
9,964
11,811 12,600
15,610
11,892
14,000
9,966 9,650
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Full day care providers Sessional providers
Nat Cen/BMRB
use of formal childcare - how does this vary for children of different age
groups?
17
30 31
35
58
86
23
27
1821
68
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
%
All 0 - 2 3 - 4 5 - 7 8 - 11 12 - 14
Base: all children
2001 2004
Nat Cen/BMRB
what types of providers are families using – and how has this changed?
7
8
10
15
6
7
5
4
1 1
2 2
6
12
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
%
Day nursery Nursery/receptionclass
Playgroup Childminder Nanny/au pair Babysitter Breakfast/afterschool club
Base: all families
2001 2004
Nat Cen/BMRB
age of children in day nurseries
3%
4%
20%
28%
24%
21%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
8 years or over
5-7 year olds
4 year olds
3 year olds
2 year olds
Under 2 year olds
Nat Cen/BMRB
percentage of Children – part-time and full-time – by age group in day nurseries Graph 2: percentage of children - part-time and full-time - by age group in day nurseries
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
<12 months 12-24 months 2-3 year olds 3&4 year olds
Age Group
Per
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e
Part-time
Full-time
average UK full-time nursery fees
2007 figures, per week (5 days)
• Local authorities £127.50
• Voluntary £115.00
• Private sector £143.00
Overall average £138.00
• Average occupancy rate across the UK is 77.5%
policy implications
• Children’s Centres
• Children’s Centres and Extended Schools
• Stand alone PVI settings
expectations
• Foundation Stage to be in place by 2008
• 3,500 Children’s Centres by 2010
• Every Children’s Centre to have EYP graduate by 2010
• Every full day care setting to have EYP graduate by 2015
challenges affecting the mixed economy
• Affordability and sustainability
• Duplication and lack of real engagement
• Local authorities and childcare market
management
• Partnerships in rhetoric but not in reality
• Children’s Centres and extended schools
challenges affecting the mixed economy
• Level playing field• Nursery Education funding• Business rates• Staffing ratios• VAT
• Workforce development• Transformation Fund
• Quality and Outcomes• Negative PR
“I want us to listen and engage the talents of school leaders, parents, children, businesses and the voluntary sector. It is their voice and their expertise that should ultimately inform the future policy, mission and vision of this new department. It is their voice and their expertise that will help us tackle the very acute challenges we still face.”
Ed Balls, Secretary of Statedepartment for children, schools and families