2 Children registered and providers by provider type
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Number of children registered for and number of providers delivering funded early years provision by entitlement type, age, year group, & provider type. PVIs figures exclude providers where no child accessed all or the majority of their entitlement.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Funded early education and childcare
- Release
- Reporting year 2026
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 326,417
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of registered children
- Number of providers
- Filters
- Entitlement type and year group
- Age
- Type of provider
- Time period
- 2018 to 2026
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | entitlement_type | provider_type_group | provider_type | year_group | age | registered_children_count | providers_count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Working parents | Total | Total | Total | Total | 890483 | 45698 | |||||
| 2026 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Working parents | Total | Total | Total | 9 to 11 months | 30679 | 13096 | |||||
| 2026 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Working parents | Total | Total | Total | 1 year | 210825 | 27544 | |||||
| 2026 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Working parents | Total | Total | Total | 2 years | 260238 | 33802 | |||||
| 2026 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Working parents | Total | Total | Total | 3 years | 278490 | 34989 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age | Age |
| provider_type | Type of provider |
| providers_count | Number of providers |
| registered_children_count | Number of registered children |
| year_group | Entitlement type and year group |
Footnotes
- 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.
- Where children under 4 years of age are recorded as in reception, this may be because they attend a school with a mixed-year class, because the local authority has agreed it would be beneficial to start reception year early, or for another reason.
- 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 for the child, or for another reason. These children have been included in the reception category.
- 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.
- State-funded governor-run provision is included in the private, voluntary and independent providers category because data for these providers is returned on the early years census.
- Local authority day nurseries are included in the private, voluntary and independent providers category because data for these providers is returned on the early years census.
- 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 on the methodology page.
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Early Years Statistics Team
Email: earlyyears.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Jay Morris