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

Early years provision provider type National (2018 - 2020)

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Data set details

Theme
Early years
Publication
Education provision: children under 5 years of age
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Number of providers delivering education for 2 year olds
  • Number of providers delivering education for 3 and 4 year olds
  • Number of three and four year olds benefiting
Filters
  • Type of entitlement: funded or extended
  • Type of provider
Time period
2018 to 2020

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_34number_children_2number_children_34
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001England Funded entitlementAll providers22475485111434391271544
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandFunded entitlementAll providers excluding childminders18139375501371391249864
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandFunded entitlementAll Private and voluntary providers1534618466107588472096
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandFunded entitlementEarly Years Childcare Provider1443717161102591444800
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandFunded entitlementSure Start Childrens Centre25430518466709

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables
Variable nameVariable description
entitlement_typeType of entitlement: funded or extended - Select type of entitlement: funded or extended
number_children_2Number of two year olds benefiting
number_children_34Number of three and four year olds benefiting
number_providers_2Number of providers delivering education for 2 year olds
number_providers_34Number of providers delivering education for 3 and 4 year olds

Footnotes

  1. Data is collected for funded children attending the following settings within the School census: Maintained Nursery schools, State Funded Primary including primary converter academies, primary sponsor-led academies and primary free schools; State Funded Secondary including maintained secondary schools, secondary converter academies, secondary sponsor-led academies, secondary free schools and city technology colleges and Special schools which includes General hospital schools.
  2. Count of children aged 2 at 31 December in the previous calendar year.
  3. The number of providers shown relates to the count of children benefiting. If children split their funded early entitlement across more than one private, voluntary or independent provider, they are only counted once at the provider where they spend the majority of their time.
  4. Before using this table please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats about the data that may not be included in these footnotes.
  5. Data is collected for funded children attending the following settings within the Early Years census: Private or Voluntary providers including Day Nursery, Playgroup or Pre-school, Family/Combined/Integrated Centre, Sure Start Children's Centre - Main Centre Site, Sure Start Children's Centre - Linked Provider, Early Years Childcare Provider, Sure Start Children's Centre, and Other Private and Voluntary providers, Also Registered Independent School, Local Authority Day Nursery, Other, State-funded Governor Run and Childminders. During the 2019 Early Years Census data collection period DfE undertook a data cleaning exercise to reduce the number of private, voluntary and independent providers coded as 'other'. Therefore caution should be taken when comparing changes in provider types between 2019 and earlier years.
  6. Count of children aged 3 and 4 at 31 December in the previous calendar year.

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