Latest Ofsted figures show the overall number of registered childcare providers dropped by more than 3,000 from around 75,000 at the end of April 2020 to just over 71,800 by the end of April this year.
While new provision has opened, as of the end of April 2021 there were 2,146 fewer childminders, 383 fewer nurseries or other settings “operating on non-domestic premises” while the total number of “home childcarers” such as nannies and au pairs dropped by 637.
The rapid decrease in numbers comes on the back of a longer-term trend that has seen a steep drop in the number of childminders and a reduction in some other types of provision in recent years.
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