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

3A National number of providers and children by provider type (detailed)

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Published 30 June 2022

Last updated 30 June 2022

The number of providers and children by provider type, presented nationally to allow smaller breakdowns in provider type. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Education provision: children under 5 years of age
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of providers
  • Number of registered children
• Filters:
  • Age
  • Type of entitlement
  • Type of provider
• Time period: 2018 to 2022

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	age	entitlement_type	type_of_provider	number_of_providers	number_of_children
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	2-year-olds	15-hour entitlement	All providers	22074	135410
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	2-year-olds	15-hour entitlement	All providers excluding childminders	17937	129175
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	2-year-olds	15-hour entitlement	Private and voluntary providers	15258	102905
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	2-year-olds	15-hour entitlement	Early years childcare providers	14920	100997
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	2-year-olds	15-hour entitlement	Sure start children's centre	222	1634

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age
entitlement_type	Type of entitlement
number_of_children	Number of registered children
number_of_providers	Number of providers
type_of_provider	Type of provider

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Footnotes

1. 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.
2. Since 2019, a data cleaning exercise with local authorities has improved data quality. Provider types are now more accurately recorded and caution should be taken when comparing across time.
3. 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.

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