1 Children registered and take-up rates
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Number and percentage of eligible children registered for government-funded early years provision by age.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Education provision: children under 5 years of age
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of registered children
- Estimate of eligible children
- Estimated percentage of eligible children registered
- Filters
- Age
- Time period
- 2018 to 2024
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | entitlement_type | age | number_children | number_eligible_children | percentage_eligible_children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 15-hour entitlement | Total | 1285393 | 1386827 | 92.7 | |||||
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 15-hour entitlement | 2-year-olds | 115852 | 154957 | 74.8 | |||||
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 15-hour entitlement | 3-year-olds | 559825 | 599974 | 93.3 | |||||
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 15-hour entitlement | 4-year-olds | 609716 | 631896 | 96.5 | |||||
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 15-hour entitlement | 3 and 4-year-olds | 1169541 | 1231870 | 94.9 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age | Age |
| number_children | Number of registered children |
| number_eligible_children | Estimate of eligible children |
| percentage_eligible_children | Estimated percentage of eligible children registered |
Footnotes
- The estimated number of eligible 2-year-olds is derived from data supplied by the Department for Work and Pensions each November. It represents the best data available on the number of children meeting the benefit and tax credit eligibility criteria.
- Population estimates for 3 and 4-year-olds from 2013 onwards are likely overestimates to some extent, and therefore the derived take-up rates are likely underestimates. Therefore the 3 and 4-year-old take-up rates need to be treated with caution. The population estimates and take-up rates back to 2013 will be revised following ONS publication of a full and consistent timeseries based on Census 2021 population data. See methodology for more information.
- 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.
- 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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