Between 31 December 2020 and 30 March 2021, 2,087 childcare providers stopped being registered with Ofsted.
The figure includes 949 childminders, 933 providers working from their own home, 203 childcare providers operating in “non-domestic premises” and two operating in “domestic premises”.
The statistics are calculated using the number of providers who have resigned their Ofsted registration or had their registration revoked or suspended.
The Labour Party has said that the government’s promise to “prioritise early years” as the UK recovers from Covid-19, made in yesterday’s (11 May) Queen’s Speech, will “ring hollow” for staff and families affected by the closures.
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