Data set from Funded early education and childcare

5 All schools and PVI providers

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Published 2 July 2026

Last updated 2 July 2026

Number of providers delivering funded early years provision by entitlement type, age and provider type. PVIs figures include all providers.

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Funded early education and childcare
• Release: Reporting year 2026
• Number of rows: 259,952
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of providers
• Filters:
  • Entitlement type
  • Age
  • Type of provider
• Time period: 2018 to 2026

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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_group	provider_type	provider_sub_type	age	providers_count
2026	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Working parents	Total	Total	Total	Total	45822
2026	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Working parents	Total	Total	Total	9 to 11 months	13164
2026	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Working parents	Total	Total	Total	1 year	27768
2026	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Working parents	Total	Total	Total	2 years	34196
2026	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Working parents	Total	Total	Total	3 years	35471

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age
entitlement_type	Entitlement type
provider_sub_type	Sub-type of provider
provider_type	Type of provider
providers_count	Number of providers

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Footnotes

1. State-funded governor-run provision is included in the private, voluntary and independent providers category because data for these providers is returned on the early years census.
2. Local authority day nurseries are included in the private, voluntary and independent providers category because data for these providers is returned on the early years census.
3. 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 on the methodology page.

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If you have a specific enquiry about 5 All schools and PVI providers statistics and data:

Early Years Statistics Team

Email: earlyyears.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Jay Morris

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