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

Percentage and Number of Children By Hours Per Week (Banded) (2018 to 2021)

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Published 1 July 2021

Last updated 1 July 2021

The proportion of children in funded early education by number of funded hours received.

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Education provision: children under 5 years of age
• Release: Reporting year 2021
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Per cent of four year olds benefiting
  • Per cent of three year olds benefiting
  • Per cent of two year olds benefiting
• Filters:
  • Funded hours band
  • Type of entitlement: funded or extended
  • Type of provider
• Time period: 2018 to 2021

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

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	funded_hours	percent_hours_2_yearolds	percent_hours_3_yearolds	percent_hours_4_yearolds
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Funded entitlement	All providers and maintained schools	0.01 to 5.00 hours	0.4	0.6	0.2
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Funded entitlement	All providers and maintained schools	5.01 to 10.00 hours	4.3	3.4	0.8
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Funded entitlement	All providers and maintained schools	10.01 to 12.50 hours	6.8	8.7	2.5
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Funded entitlement	All providers and maintained schools	12.51 to 15.00 hours	88.4	87.2	31.9
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Funded entitlement	All providers and maintained schools	15.01 to 25.00 hours	.	.	64.5

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
entitlement_type	Type of entitlement: funded or extended - Select type of entitlement: funded or extended
funded_hours	Funded hours band - Select funded hours band: for example 10.01 to 12.50 hours
percent_hours_2_yearolds	Per cent of two year olds benefiting
percent_hours_3_yearolds	Per cent of three year olds benefiting
percent_hours_4_yearolds	Per cent of four year olds benefiting

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Footnotes

1. The percentages across all banded hours sum to 100%, although this may not be exact due to rounding.
2. Where a child takes their annual extended entitlement flexibly over more than the standard 38 weeks of term-time, the extended hours recorded in census week may overestimate the actual hours taken in a term-time week e.g. a child recorded as 15 hours during census week may in fact be using their full entitlement stretched at 12 weekly hours over more than 38 weeks.
3. Any child attending more than one provider may have been counted twice.
4. 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.
5. Where a child takes their annual funded entitlement flexibly over more than the standard 38 weeks of term-time, the funded hours recorded in census week may underestimate the actual proportion of the entitlement taken annually e.g. a child funded for 12 hours during census week may in fact be taking up the fully funded place over more than 38 weeks.

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