entitlement_type

provider_type

number_of_4_year_olds

number_of_3_4_year_olds

number_of_3_year_olds

Reporting year 2023

National time-series from 2018 to 2021 of the number of children registered to receive the extended / additional 15 hours of early education. 
This entitlement is available to three and four-year-old children of working parents.

Number of children registered to receive extended hours nationally since 2018

Number of two, three and four-year-olds registered to receive 15 hours funded early education since 2018

Number of children registered to receive funded hours nationally since 2018

Number of three and four-year-olds registered to receive universal funded early education by provider type. England, 2018 to 2021.

Number of three and four-year-olds registered to receive universal funded early education by provider type in England

Take-up of the first 15 hours funded early education entitlement amongst eligible two-year-olds and for the universal offer to three- and four-year-olds.

Time series of national take-up from 2011 to 2021 for eligible two-year-olds and for three- and four-year-olds

number_of_2_year_olds

The reason for children being in receipt of Early Years Pupil Premium nationally.&nbsp;

National Number of Children by Early Years Pupil Premium Funding Basis (2018 to 2021)

The number of providers of each provider type, presented nationally to allow smaller breakdowns in provider type.&nbsp;

National Number of Providers by Provider Type (sub-categories) and Children's Age (2018 to 2021)

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.&nbsp;

National Percentage Take-Up By Age (2011 to 2021)

Number of children with and without receipt of Early Years Pupil Premium.

Number of Children by Early Years Pupil Premium Status (2018 to 2021)

Number of children in receipt of funded early education entitlements of each ethnicity, as reported on their census return.

Number of Children by Ethnicity and Age (2018 to 2021)

The number of children in receipt of Education Health and Care Plans, and/or in receipt of SEN support.

Number of Children by Special Educational Needs (SEN) status and Age (2018 to 2021)

Number of children registered to receive funded entitlements by provider type.&nbsp;

Number of Children Registered by Age and Provider Type (2018 to 2021)

The number of children registered to receive funded entitlements by Local Authority District.

Number of Children Registered by Local Authority District (2020 to 2021)

Number of providers of funded entitlements by provider type (e.g., childminders).&nbsp;

Number of Providers by Provider Type and Children's Age (2018 to 2021)

The basis on which a 2- year-old has been funded for an early education place

Number of Two-Year-Olds by Basis for Funding (2018 to 2021)

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

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

The number of children benefiting from some funded early education by Ofsted inspection rating.&nbsp;

Percentage and Number of Providers and Children by Ofsted Rating (2018 to 2021)

Number and percentage of private, voluntary and independent providers and the number of children benefiting from funded early education at private, voluntary and independent providers with staff with graduate status by category of provider.

Percentage and Number of Providers and Children Registered with Graduate-Level Staff (2018 to 2021)

The percentage of children benefiting from funded early education places. The numerator is the number of children, the denominator is the DWP estimate of eligible two-year-olds or the ONS estimate of the population of three-year-olds and four-year-olds.&nbsp;

Percentage Take-Up and Number of Children Registered by Age and Provider Type

The number and percentage of early years staff at private, voluntary and independent providers, by highest qualification and category of provider.

Provider's Highest Staff Qualification (2018 to 2021)

Including children in need and child protection, children looked after and social work workforce statistics

Children's social care

Children in need and child protection

Children looked after

Children's social work workforce

Outcomes for children in social care

Secure children's homes

Serious incident notifications

Including Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

COVID-19

Attendance

CO2 monitors

Confirmed cases reported by Higher Education providers

Devices

Testing

Including not in education, employment or training (NEET) statistics

Destination of pupils and students

Destinations of key stage 4 and 16-18 pupils

NEET and participation

Including early years foundation stage profile and early years surveys statistics

Early years

Childcare and early years

Early years foundation stage profile

Early years surveys

Including local authority (LA) and student loan statistics

Finance and funding

Local authority and school finance

Student loan forecasts

Including advanced learner loan, benefit claimant and apprenticeship and traineeship statistics

Further education

Further education and skills

Further education outcomes

Further education workforce

Including university graduate employment, graduate labour market and participation statistics

Higher education

Education exports

Foundation years

Higher education graduate employment and earnings

Higher level learners in England

Participation measures in higher education

Widening participation in higher education

Including absence, application and offers, capacity, exclusion and special educational needs (SEN) statistics

Pupils and schools

Academy transfers

Admission appeals

Elective home education and children missing education

Exclusions

Parental responsibility measures

Pupil absence

Pupil projections

School and pupil numbers

School applications

School capacity

Special educational needs (SEN)

Young offenders

School and college outcomes and performance

16 to 19 attainment

GCSEs (key stage 4)

Key stage 1

Key stage 2

Multi-academy trust performance measures

Including initial teacher training (ITT) statistics

Teachers and school workforce

Initial teacher training (ITT)

School workforce

Including summarised expenditure, post-compulsory education, qualification and school statistics

	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of three year olds registered	216,096	236,087	248,399	234,996
Number of four year olds registered	80,828	92,040	97,305	93,666
Number of three and four year olds registered	296,924	328,127	345,704	328,662

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