Tag Archives: Childcare
Analysis of the 2025 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | Department for Education | |
| Published: | 11 December, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to undertake a comprehensive review of the childcare sector, using information from the Department for Education’s 2025 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers, in partnership with IFF Research. A short report summarising key findings and policy implications can be found here. London Economics’ analysis covered […]
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London Economics’ Evaluation of the Department for Education’s Early Years Financial Incentives Pilot
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | Department for Education | |
| Published: | 30 October, 2025 |
London Economics (alongside research partners IFF Research) evaluated the Department for Education’s (DfE) Early Years Financial Incentives Pilot, which offered £1,000 to those new or returning to the childcare workforce as part of a randomised control trial across 40 local authorities, and provided recommendations to the DfE on the future use of financial incentives. The Pilot […]
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2024 Childcare Providers’ Finance Report – September 2025
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | Department for Education | |
| Published: | 26 September, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to investigate the state of childcare providers’ finances and the cost of childcare to parents, using information from the 2024 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers (in partnership with IFF Research). In the midst of an historic expansion in government funding for childcare entitlements, […]
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Closing the Gaps: Funding, Inclusion, and Quality in Childcare in England
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | Save the Children | |
| Published: | 16 June, 2025 |
Government support for childcare has been expanding rapidly since the announcement in the Spring 2023 Budget. By September 2025, children aged two and younger from eligible working households will be eligible for 30 hours of entitlement funded childcare. However, work by London Economics for Save the Children estimated that the funding proposed by the government […]
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Nuffield Foundation Grant Award: The Impact of the Cost of Childcare on Parental Mobility
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | Nuffield Foundation | |
| Published: | 2 January, 2025 |
London Economics are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the Nuffield Foundation to investigate the impact of the cost and availability of childcare on parental mobility, and potential impacts on the wider economy and in particular economic inequality. Over a third of parents with young children find it difficult to meet […]
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Analysis of the 2024 DfE Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | Department for Education | |
| Published: | 12 December, 2024 |
London Economics were commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to undertake a comprehensive review of the childcare sector, using information from the DfE’s 2024 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers, in partnership with IFF Research. With challenges facing the childcare sector and a raft of government reforms being rolled out, it is critical […]
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2023 Childcare Providers’ Finances Report
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | Department for Education | |
| Published: | 28 November, 2024 |
London Economics were commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to investigate the state of childcare providers’ finances and the cost of childcare to parents, using information from the 2023 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers (in partnership with IFF Research). In the midst of an historic expansion in government funding for childcare […]