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

Early years provision provider type (2018 - 2020)

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Data set details

Theme
Early years
Publication
Education provision: children under 5 years of age
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Number of providers delivering education for 2 year olds
  • Number of providers delivering education for 3 and 4 year olds
Filters
  • Type of entitlement: funded or extended
  • Type of provider
Time period
2018 to 2020

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameentitlement_typeprovider_typenumber_providers_2number_providers_34
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001England Funded entitlementAll providers2247548511
2020Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North East Funded entitlementAll providers10921933
2020Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000002North West Funded entitlementAll providers30776474
2020Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000003Yorkshire and the Humber Funded entitlementAll providers23514758
2020Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000004East Midlands Funded entitlementAll providers19364457

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
entitlement_typeType of entitlement: funded or extended - Select type of entitlement: funded or extended
number_providers_2Number of providers delivering education for 2 year olds
number_providers_34Number of providers delivering education for 3 and 4 year olds
provider_typeType of provider - Select type of provider: for example Childminders

Footnotes

  1. Data is collected for funded children attending the following settings within the Early Years census: Private or Voluntary providers including Day Nursery, Playgroup or Pre-school, Family/Combined/Integrated Centre, Sure Start Children's Centre - Main Centre Site, Sure Start Children's Centre - Linked Provider, Early Years Childcare Provider, Sure Start Children's Centre, and Other Private and Voluntary providers, Also Registered Independent School, Local Authority Day Nursery, Other, State-funded Governor Run and Childminders.
  2. Count of children aged 3 or 4 at 31 December in the previous calendar year.
  3. Before using this table please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats about the data that may not be included in these footnotes.
  4. Count of children aged 2 at 31 December in the previous calendar year.
  5. Data is collected for funded children attending the following settings within the School census: Maintained Nursery schools, State Funded Primary including primary converter academies, primary sponsor-led academies and primary free schools; State Funded Secondary including maintained secondary schools, secondary converter academies, secondary sponsor-led academies, secondary free schools and city technology colleges and Special schools which includes General hospital schools.
  6. The number of providers shown relates to the count of children benefiting. If children split their funded early entitlement across more than one private, voluntary or independent provider, they are only counted once at the provider where they spend the majority of their time.

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