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

Percentage Take-Up and Number of Children Registered by Age and Provider Type

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Published 1 July 2021

Last updated 1 July 2021

The percentage of children benefiting from funded early education places. The numerator is the number of children, the denominator is the DWP estimate of eligible two-year-olds or the ONS estimate of the population of three-year-olds and four-year-olds.

Data set details

Theme: Early years
Publication: Education provision: children under 5 years of age
Release: Reporting year 2021
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators: DWP population estimate for two-year-olds.
Number of four-year-olds
Number of three and four-year-olds
Filters: Type of provider
Time period: 2018 to 2021

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	entitlement_type	provider_type	number_2_yearolds	2_year_old_population	percent_2_yearolds	number_3_yearolds	3_year_old_population	percent_3_yearolds	number_4_yearolds	4_year_old_population	percent_4_yearolds	number_3_4_yearolds	3_4_year_old_population	percent_3_4_yearolds
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Funded entitlement	All providers	124543	201562	62	574845	664515	87	637146	686773	93	1211991	1351288	90
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Funded entitlement	Private and voluntary providers	100794	201562	50	353089	664515	53	122853	686773	18	475942	1351288	35
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Funded entitlement	Childminders	6243	201562	3	17809	664515	3	5084	686773	1	22893	1351288	2
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Funded entitlement	Independent schools	595	201562	-	11571	664515	2	13204	686773	2	24775	1351288	2
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Funded entitlement	Maintained nursery and state-funded primary schools	16749	201562	8	189896	664515	29	486749	686773	71	676645	1351288	50

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 14 variables
Variable name	Variable description
2_year_old_population	DWP population estimate for two-year-olds.
3_4_year_old_population	ONS population estimate for three and four-year-olds.
3_year_old_population	ONS population estimate for three-year-olds.
4_year_old_population	ONS population estimate for four-year-olds.
entitlement_type	Type of entitlement: Funded entitlement

Footnotes

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.
The estimated number of eligible two-year-olds children 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. Since 2019 it includes universal credit recipients. Caution should be exercised when comparing across time and/or local authorities.
“Maintained Nursery and State-funded primary schools" are a combination of the "Infant classes in primary schools", "Nursery classes in primary schools" and "Nursery schools" sub-groups.
Population estimates of three and four-year-olds are revised annually. Take-up rates may differ from previously published figures.
2021 is the first year of data covering COVID-19, collected during January's national lockdown. A higher proportion of children recorded as registered to receive early education entitlements will have been temporarily absent during census week itself than previous years.

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