Section 6 - Proportion of providers where parents can use funded entitlements throughout the year
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The proportion of providers that provide entitlements throughout the year. See Section 6 of the release for more details of the different entitlements.
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- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Childcare and early years provider survey
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 28
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Parents can use funded hours during school term-time only
- Parents can use funded hours throughout the year
- Unweighted base
- Filters
- Entitlement type
- Provider type
- Time period
- 2025
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | provider_type | entitlement_type | throughout_year | term_time_only | unweighted_base |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery class childcare settings | 15 hours free entitlement for under 2-year-olds | 54 | 46 | [u] 15 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Maintained nursery schools | 15 hours free entitlement for under 2-year-olds | 20 | 80 | [u] 10 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | All school-based providers | 15 hours free entitlement for under 2-year-olds | 45 | 55 | [u] 25 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Private group-based providers | 15 hours free entitlement for under 2-year-olds | 79 | 21 | 1808 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Voluntary group-based providers | 15 hours free entitlement for under 2-year-olds | 60 | 40 | 275 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| entitlement_type | Entitlement type |
| provider_type | Provider type |
| term_time_only | Parents can use funded hours during school term-time only |
| throughout_year | Parents can use funded hours throughout the year |
| unweighted_base | Unweighted base |
Footnotes
- [u] Statistics based on an "unweighted base" (sample size) of less than 10 are not shown. Statistics based on an "unweighted base" of 10 or greater but less than 30 should be treated with caution and are only indicative.
- As a proportion of providers offering the respective entitlement.
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