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

Number of Providers by Provider Type and Children's Age (2018 to 2021)

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Number of providers of funded entitlements by provider type (e.g., childminders). 


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 2021

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
2021Reporting yearNationalE92000001England Funded entitlementAll providers2185648334
2021Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North East Funded entitlementAll providers10461971
2021Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000002North West Funded entitlementAll providers30196381
2021Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000003Yorkshire and The Humber Funded entitlementAll providers23154758
2021Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000004East Midlands Funded entitlementAll providers18614452

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. “Maintained Nursery and State-funded primary schools" are a combination of the "Primary schools with nursery classes", "Primary schools without nursery classes", "Nursery and infant classes in primary schools" and "Maintained Nursery schools" sub-groups.
  2. 2021 is the first year of data covering COVID-19, collected during January's national lockdown. Open providers, or providers closed due to government guidance, made census returns relating to registered children's "expected attendance" in census week. Further information is available in the methodology.

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