Children and Young People
type: Concept

early-learning-and-childcare-services-registered.csv
type: Distribution
table schema: Schema
  column: Column
    datatype: int
    name: DateCode
  column: Column
    datatype: text
    name: Early Learning And Childcare Service
  column: Column
    datatype: text
    name: Measurement
  column: Column
    datatype: float
    name: Value
  column: Column
    datatype: text
    name: GeographyName
  column: Column
    datatype: text
    name: Units
  column: Column
    datatype: text
    name: GeographyType
  column: Column
    datatype: text
    name: GeographyCode
access URL: https://admin.data.gov.scot/resource/b2d3052c-e229-481a-a899-c638935e5eba/download
description: Data file for Early Learning and Childcare: Services Registered
format: CSV
issued: 2026-08-13T10:54:29.573246
modified: 2026-08-13T10:54:29.569353
comment: Number and rate (per 10,000 people) of services registered to provide early learning and childcare
dictionary: Column
  column: Units
  type: text
dictionary: Column
  column: Measurement
  type: text
dictionary: Column
  column: GeographyName
  type: text
dictionary: Column
  column: GeographyType
  type: text
dictionary: Column
  column: GeographyCode
  type: text
dictionary: Column
  column: Value
  type: float
dictionary: Column
  column: DateCode
  type: int
dictionary: Column
  column: Early Learning And Childcare Service
  type: text

Care Inspectorate
type: Agent

Early Learning and Childcare: Services Registered
type: Dataset
version notes: Early learning and childcare statistics are not subject to routine revision.
contact point: Organization
contact point: Kind
theme: Children and Young People
description: Number and rate of services registered to provide early learning and childcare. Full publication and supporting tables are available [on the Care Inspectorate website](http://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/statistics-and-analysis#Childcare). We have also created early learning and childcare local profiles based on this data to assist local authority planning for the expansion of early learning and childcare in Scotland. These can be downloaded [from the Care Inspectorate website](http://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/statistics-and-analysis/early-learning-and-childcare-profiles).
issued: 2026-08-13T10:51:57.118031
modified: 2026-08-13T10:54:29.561221
accuracy: Not assessed
comment: Number and rate (per 10,000 people) of services registered to provide early learning and childcare
completeness: The Care Inspectorate registers daycare of children services and childminders, which this report will collectively refer to as early learning and childcare services. For the purposes of this report, this includes daycare services only provided for school-aged children such as out of school care services and holiday play schemes. Comprehensive definitions of the terms used can be accessed in the statistical reports published on the [Care Inspectorate website](http://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/statistics-and-analysis#Childcare)
confidentiality: Not assessed
consistency: The National Records of Scotland [mid-year population estimates](https://statistics.gov.scot/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdata%2Fpopulation-estimates-current-geographic-boundaries) have been used to calculate rates.
geographical coverage: S92
geographical coverage: S12
license id: uk-ogl
next update: 2020-11-01
quality management: Where a daycare of children service did not submit an annual return, but did submit a return in either of the previous two years, the information submitted in the most recent historic annual return was used to impute the missing data. Where a service has not provided any information in either of the two previous years or where a service was newly registered, missing data has been estimated. To estimate missing data, we have considered the following variables: service size; service location (local authority area and level of deprivation) and service category (nursery, playgroup and so on). We then estimated the missing data using average values from services based on the above criteria.
reference period: PeriodOfTime
  end date: 2018
  start date: 2015
timeliness: This dataset is published annually.
uniqueness: Not assessed
update frequency: annual
validity: Not assessed
will be updated: true