Table 2 - Daily attendance in early years settings during the COVID-19 outbreak
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The data in this file contains weekly attendance data for early years settings. Data is in this file has been scaled to account for non-response so it is nationally representative.
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Data set details
- Theme
- COVID-19
- Publication
- Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Release
- Week 8 2021
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Children of critical workers attending early years settings
- Number of children attending early years settings
- Number of closed early years settings
- Filters
- Date
- Time period
- 2020 Week 16 to 2021 Week 7
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time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | date | Open_settings | Proportion_of_settings_open | Closed_settings | Proportion_of_settings_closed | Settings_with_unknown_status | Proportion_of_settings_with_unknown_status | Children_attending | Vulnerable_children_attending | Children_of_critical_workers_attending |
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2020 | Week 16 | National | E92000001 | England | 16/04/2020 | 22000 | 32 | 39000 | 56 | 8000 | 12 | 65000 | 6000 | 59000 |
2020 | Week 17 | National | E92000001 | England | 20/04/2020 | 23000 | 33 | 39000 | 56 | 7000 | 11 | 67000 | 8000 | 59000 |
2020 | Week 17 | National | E92000001 | England | 23/04/2020 | 23000 | 34 | 39000 | 57 | 6000 | 9 | 74000 | 9000 | 64000 |
2020 | Week 18 | National | E92000001 | England | 27/04/2020 | 24000 | 34 | 39000 | 56 | 7000 | 10 | 74000 | 10000 | 64000 |
2020 | Week 18 | National | E92000001 | England | 30/04/2020 | 24000 | 35 | 39000 | 57 | 6000 | 9 | 79000 | 10000 | 69000 |
Variables in this data set
Variable name | Variable description |
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Children_attending | Number of children attending early years settings |
Children_of_critical_workers_attending | Children of critical workers attending early years settings |
Closed_settings | Number of closed early years settings |
date | Date |
Open_settings | Number of open early years settings |
Footnotes
- From 1 June, the government asked early years settings to begin welcoming back all children in addition to those of critical workers and vulnerable children. The methodology to adjust figures for non-response was also updated to reflect this change.
- The summer term had ended in most schools by Friday 17 July. Autumn term had typically begun by Monday 7 September and ended by Friday 18 December. Data collection was paused over Christmas and resumed at the start of Spring term, with the first data collected on Thursday 7 January.
- All national level figures are adjusted for non-response. Regional and local authority level figures are based on responding schools only. See accompanying document for full methodology.
- Ordinarily, fewer early years settings are open and fewer children are in attendance during school holidays. This is due to reduced demand for childcare and the closure of school-based settings.
- Both the number of children attending and the proportion of early years childcare settings open dropped on Thursday 18 February, this is most likely a result of half term closures.
- From 16 April to 18 June, the local authority early years survey was twice-weekly (Mondays and Thursdays). From 25 June, the survey changed to weekly (Thursdays).
- The Prime Minister announced on 4 January 2021 that early years settings remain open for all children during the national lockdown.
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