Allegations of abuse and misconduct against childcare workers and early educators in one state under the national spotlight have surged to nearly 1000 in a year.

The number of allegations of reportable conduct in the Victorian early childhood education sector lifted from 896 to 967 year-on-year, the Commission for Children and Young People's annual report showed.

Physical violence was the main driver, with claims spiking 24 per cent in long day care, pre-school and kindergarten, outside-school-hours care and family day care.

Sexual offence and sexual misconduct allegations within early education fell from 99 to 78 and 33 to 27 respectively.

But more than half of sexual offence allegations (51 per cent) and almost half of sexual misconduct claims (48 per cent) were substantiated across

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