Data set from Education provision: children under 5 years of age

2 Children registered and providers by provider type

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Number of children registered for and number of providers delivering government-funded early years provision by age, year group, and provider type. 


Data set details

Theme
Early years
Publication
Education provision: children under 5 years of age
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Number of registered children
  • Number of providers
Filters
  • Entitlement type and year group
  • Type of provider
  • Age
Time period
2018 to 2023

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameentitlement_typeprovider_type_groupprovider_typeyear_groupagenumber_childrennumber_providers
2023Reporting yearNationalE92000001England15-hour entitlementTotalTotalTotalTotal132024247781
2023Reporting yearNationalE92000001England15-hour entitlementTotalTotalTotal2-year-olds12421120991
2023Reporting yearNationalE92000001England15-hour entitlementTotalTotalTotal3-year-olds57688636715
2023Reporting yearNationalE92000001England15-hour entitlementTotalTotalTotal4-year-olds61914538524
2023Reporting yearNationalE92000001England15-hour entitlementTotalTotalTotal3 and 4-year-olds119603146187

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables
Variable nameVariable description
ageAge
number_childrenNumber of registered children
number_providersNumber of providers
provider_typeType of provider
year_groupEntitlement type and year group

Footnotes

  1. Children who split their entitlement across more than one private, voluntary or independent provider are only counted at the provider where they spend the majority of their time.
  2. Children attending a general hospital school and a small number of children attending a special school do not follow the national curriculum. These children are included in totals but not breakdowns by year group.
  3. Where children under 4 years of age are recorded as in reception, this may be because they attend a school with a two-year reception class or other mixed-year class, because the local authority has agreed it would be beneficial to start reception year early, or for another reason.
  4. A very small number of children under 5 years of age are registered in a higher year group than reception. This may be because the local authority has agreed it would be beneficial to the child, or for another reason. These children have been included in the reception category.
  5. Some state-funded nursery schools have a reception class and/or some children may continue to attend their state-funded nursery school in reception year until they are ready for primary school.
  6. Data collected in 2021 (and to a lesser extent 2022) was affected by the impact of COVID-19 uncertainty on providers and parents. Further information is available in the methodology note.
  7. In some years, data for a small number of local authorities is of low reliability due to error. See methodology for more details.

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