The ECD Baseline Assessment 2022 report offers insights from a parallel survey conducted alongside the Thrive by Five Index data collection process in 2021. This survey assessed 545 of the Early Learning Programmes that took part in the Thrive by Five Index in order to understand the context in which early learning takes place in South Africa. The ECD Baseline Assessment report presents insights into the resourcing, operations, management, financing, human resourcing and infrastructure of South African early learning programmes in a range of differently-resourced areas.