National Percentage Take-Up By Age (2011 to 2021)
Not the latest data
Published
Last updated
National time series of take-up amongst eligible two-year olds from 2015, and amongst three- and four-year-olds of the universal entitlement from 2011.
On this page
Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Education provision: children under 5 years of age
- Release
- Reporting year 2021
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Percentage of 3 and 4-year-olds registered
- Percentage of 3-year-olds registered
- Percentage of 4-year-olds registered
- Time period
- 2011 to 2021
Data set preview
| time_identifier | time_period | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | %_of_2yo_registered | %_of_3yo_registered | %_of_4yo_registered | %_of_3_&_4_yo_registered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting year | 2021 | National | E92000001 | England | 62 | 87 | 93 | 90 |
| Reporting year | 2020 | National | E92000001 | England | 69 | 91 | 95 | 93 |
| Reporting year | 2019 | National | E92000001 | England | 68 | 92 | 95 | 93 |
| Reporting year | 2018 | National | E92000001 | England | 72 | 92 | 95 | 94 |
| Reporting year | 2017 | National | E92000001 | England | 71 | 93 | 95 | 94 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| %_of_2yo_registered | Percentage of eligible 2-year-olds registered |
| %_of_3_&_4_yo_registered | Percentage of 3 and 4-year-olds registered |
| %_of_3yo_registered | Percentage of 3-year-olds registered |
| %_of_4yo_registered | Percentage of 4-year-olds registered |
Footnotes
- 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.
- The estimated number of eligible two-year-olds children is derived from data supplied by the Department for Work and Pensions each November. It represents the best data available on the number of children meeting the benefit and tax credit eligibility criteria. Since 2019 it includes universal credit recipients. Caution should be exercised when comparing across time and/or local authorities.
- Population estimates of three and four-year-olds are revised annually. Take-up rates may differ from previously published figures.
- 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.
Using this data
Download the underlying data as a compressed ZIP file
View or create your own tables
View tables that we have built for you, or create your own tables from open data using our table tool
Download this data using code
Access this data using common programming languages using the URL below.