4 Children registered by ethnicity and SEN provision
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Number of children registered for funded early years provision by entitlement type, age, year group, ethnicity and SEN provision.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Funded early education and childcare
- Release
- Reporting year 2026
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 878,815
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of registered children
- Percentage of registered children
- Filters
- Entitlement type and year group
- Age
- Major ethnic group
- Time period
- 2018 to 2026
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | entitlement_type | year_group | age | ethnicity_major | sen_status | sen_provision | registered_children_count | registered_children_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Working parents | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 890483 | 100.000000 | |||||
| 2026 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Working parents | Total | Total | Total | No identified SEN | Total | 869433 | 97.636114 | |||||
| 2026 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Working parents | Total | Total | Total | SEN | Total | 21050 | 2.363886 | |||||
| 2026 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Working parents | Total | Total | Total | SEN | SEN support | 18299 | 2.054952 | |||||
| 2026 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Working parents | Total | Total | Total | SEN | EHC plan | 2751 | 0.308933 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age | Age |
| ethnicity_major | Major ethnic group - Cross-tabulations with SEN available at national level only |
| registered_children_count | Number of registered children |
| registered_children_percent | Percentage of registered children |
| sen_provision | Special educational needs (SEN) provision - Cross-tabulations with ethnicity available at national level only |
Footnotes
- Children attending a general hospital school and a small number of children attending a special school do not follow the national curriculum. These children are included in totals but not breakdowns by year group.
- Where children under 4 years of age are recorded as in reception, this may be because they attend a school with a mixed-year class, because the local authority has agreed it would be beneficial to start reception year early, or for another reason.
- A very small number of children under 5 years of age are registered in a higher year group than reception. This may be because the local authority has agreed it would be beneficial for the child, or for another reason. These children have been included in the reception category.
- No data on ethnicity or SEN provision is available for children registered at general hospital schools.
- The 'Unknown' category describes cases where the child's ethnicity was refused or not obtained. These children are included in the 'Total' numbers.
- 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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Early Years Statistics Team
Email: earlyyears.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Jay Morris