Recruitment in the next year
Providers were asked to what extent they found it difficultto recruit high quality childcare staff to their setting. The table below shows the responses by provider type.
| Provider Type |
Responses |
Difficult to some extent |
Easy to some extent |
Don't know |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childminders |
23 |
17.4% |
21.7% |
60.9% |
| Daycare Provision |
45 |
88.9% |
6.7% |
4.4% |
| Holiday Clubs |
20 |
90.0% |
5.0% |
5.0% |
| Out of School / Wraparound |
20 |
85.0% |
10.0% |
5.0% |
| Sessional |
15 |
80.0% |
6.7% |
13.3% |
| All |
81 |
69.1% |
9.9% |
21.0% |
- By far the most common response was to agree with the difficulties of recruiting staff, except that most childminders reported that they do not know.
The overwhelming majority of providers agreed to some extent that recruitment was difficult. Recruitment difficulties can stop providers from expanding if demand increases and could also lead to reductions in capacity within the sector.