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July 2025
Early years education recovery
Data guidance
Published
Description
The release provides Management Information (MI) on the number of practitioners and settings that have registered to take part in, and completed strands of, the early years education recovery (EYER) programme in England. Breakdowns are available by setting type and by local authority.
The publication methodology, available on the publication report, should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining the methodology used in producing the data.
Coverage
The coverage of the data varies between the strands of the early years education recovery programme. Details on when delivery of each strand began and when data has been collected until, can be found in the methodology.
The data covers childminders, group-based settings, school-based settings and schools. Not all settings are eligible to take part in all strands. More information about each of these settings and which setting types are eligible for each strand is available in the methodology.
File formats and conventions
No suppression has been applied to these files. The files are in .csv format.
Conventions
The following convention is used throughout the underlying data.
‘z’ Not applicable.
‘x’ Not available.
Data files
All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.
Number of practitioners registered and number of modules completed by setting type from June 2022 to March 2025.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
no_completed_1_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 1 or more modules
no_completed_2_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 2 or more modules
no_completed_3_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 3 or more modules
no_completed_4_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 4 or more modules
no_completed_5_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 5 or more modules
no_completed_6_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 6 or more modules
no_completed_7_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 7 or more modules
no_completed_8_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 8 or more modules
no_of_practitioners_registered
Number of practitioners registered
setting_type
Setting Type
Footnotes
Training places were limited between June 2022 and October 2022, available only to practitioners invited by the department. In November 2022 training became available to all practitioners working with children aged 0-4 in early years settings.
'Other' includes central government, the Department for Education, local authority and training providers.
'z' indicates data is not applicable.
The number of practitioners who have completed 3 or more modules is a subset of practitioners who have completed 1 or more module.
Since July 2024, 'Unknown setting type' includes all users who entered their setting type through the free text box upon registration. Prior to July 2024, where possible, unknown setting types were categorised into defined setting types.
Early years child development training by local authority
Filename
ey_child_development_training_la_june2025.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority
Time period
2024 June to 2025 March
Content
Number of practitioners registered and number of modules completed by local authority from June 2022 to March 2025.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
no_completed_1_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 1 or more modules
no_completed_2_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 2 or more modules
no_completed_3_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 3 or more modules
no_completed_4_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 4 or more modules
no_completed_5_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 5 or more modules
no_completed_6_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 6 or more modules
no_completed_7_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 7 or more modules
no_completed_8_or_more
Number of practitioners completed 8 or more modules
no_of_practitioners_registered
Number of practitioners registered
Footnotes
Training places were limited between June 2022 and October 2022, available only to practitioners invited by the department. In November 2022 training became available to all practitioners working with children aged 0-4 in early years settings.
Initially location data was not collected as part of the registration process. The local authority breakdown is therefore incomplete.
Local authorities may have had more registrations and completions, however due to the way the data was initially collected there are a large number of practitioners who are not allocated to a local authority. As a result, this data should not be used to compare local authorities.
Practitioners who selected 'Cumbria' as their local authority are in 'Cumberland / Westmorland and Furness'. It is not possible to separate them into the new local authorities.
'z' indicates data is not applicable.
The number of practitioners who have completed 3 or more modules is a subset of practitioners who have completed 1 or more module.
Number of practitioners registered and completed by setting type. Phase 2 took place between September 2021 and June 2022. Phase 3 data is from November 2022 to February 2025.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
no_of_practitioners_completed
Number of practitioners completed
no_of_practitioners_registered
Number of practitioners registered
phase
Phase
setting_type
Setting Type
Footnotes
'x' indicates that data is not available.
'Unknown setting type' is composed of childminders, group and school-based settings that have not been categorised.
Professional Development Programme by local authority
Filename
pdp_la_june2025.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority
Time period
2022 July to 2025 February
Content
Number of practitioners registered and completed by local authority. Phase 2 took place between September 2021 and June 2022. Phase 3 data is from November 2022 to February 2025.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
no_of_practitioners_completed
Number of practitioners completed
no_of_practitioners_registered
Number of practitioners registered
phase
Phase
total_settings_la
Total number of settings in local authority
Footnotes
'x' indicates that data is not available.
PDP2 was only open to a select few local authorities. 'z' has been used to indicate those local authorities that were not eligible and therefore this is not applicable. For local authorities that that were eligible, only completion data is available. An 'x' has been used to denote registrations for local authorities that were eligible but the data is unavailable.
The total number of settings in each LA is the sum of childminders, group based settings, state-funded school-based settings and independent school settings.
Number of settings registered and supported by setting type. A pilot took place between April and July 2022. For Group and school based providers, data is from April 2022 until July 2024. For Childminders, the data is from April 2023 until July 2024.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
no_of_settings_registered
Number of settings registered
no_of_settings_supported
Number of settings supported
setting_type
Setting type
total_number_supported
Total number of instances of support
version
Version
Footnotes
'x' indicates that data is not available.
'z' indicates data is not applicable.
A pilot ran from April 2022 to July 2022 with full roll out commencing in September 2022. In April 2023 the offer was expanded to include mentoring support for childminders.
Registration closed in May 2024.
We refer to childminders as settings, however the numbers reflect individual practitioners receiving support.
To improve the consistency of data and meet the needs of the programme recipients, we redefined the definition of a registration in April 2024. Consequently, with the exception of childminder data, the more recent data is not comparable with data from January 2024.
The Experts and Mentors programme ended in July 2024.
Number of settings registered and supported by local authority from April 2022 until July 2024.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
no_of_settings_registered
Number of settings registered
no_of_settings_supported
Number of settings supported
total_number_supported
Total number of instances of support
total_settings_la
Total number of settings in local authority
version
Version
Footnotes
'x' indicates that data is not available.
The total number of settings in each LA is the sum of childminders, group based settings, state-funded school-based settings and independent school settings.
A pilot ran from April 2022 to July 2022 with full roll out commencing in September 2022. In April 2023 the offer was expanded to include mentoring support for childminders.
Registration closed in May 2024.
The Experts and Mentors programme ended in July 2024.
Number of settings with network membership, number of settings recruited to programmes plus a range of supporting measures by setting type from November 2022 to March 2025.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
no_blogs_posted
Number of blogs posted
no_newsletters_sent
Number of newsletters sent
no_settings_recruited_programmes
Number of settings recruited to programmes
no_webinars_held
Number of webinars held
number_network_membership
Number of settings with network membership
queries_received
Number of queries received
setting_type
Setting type
Footnotes
'x' indicates that data is not available.
In April 2024, the delivery partner for the stronger practice hubs programme redefined what constitutes as network membership to improve data consistency and reduce ambiguity. As a result, the data from January 2024 is not comparable with more recent data.
Settings recruited to professional development programmes were funded by the hubs in collaboration with EEF.
'z' indicates data is not applicable.
'Other' refers to individuals and organisations with network membership.
'Unknown' refers to uncategorised network membership and may include settings with unknown provider type.
'Number of settings with network membership' may also include a small number of individuals and organisations.
Additional data has been included to capture 'Other' and 'Unknown' categories for the network membership. This is not included in the headline figures as the purpose of the data is to demonstrate programme reach through the number of settings registered as part of a network.
Number of settings with network membership by local authority from November 2022 to March 2025.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
number_network_membership
Number of settings with network membership
Footnotes
Some settings have network membership with a hub outside of their home area. These settings do not have a local authority recorded and so appear as 'Unknown'.
As many settings have an 'Unknown' local authority, this data should not be used to compare local authorities.
In local authorities where network membership has reduced since June 2024, this was either due to hubs cleansing their network membership list or hubs removing settings following inactivity and/or upon request.
Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) by local authority
Filename
neli_la_june2025.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority
Time period
2024 June to 2025 March
Content
Number of practitioners registered and number of courses completed by practitioners by local authority from September 2020 to March 2025.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
completed_1_or_more_courses
Completed 1 or more course
completed_2_or_more_courses
Completed 2 or more courses
completed_3_or_more_courses
Completed 3 or more courses
completed_refresher_course
Completed refresher course
registered_for_1_or_more_courses
Registered for 1 or more course
registered_for_2_or_more_courses
Registered for 2 or more courses
registered_for_3_or_more_courses
Registered for 3 or more courses
registered_for_refresher_course
Registered for refresher course
registered_for_support
Registered for support hub
total_la_schools
Total number of schools in local authority
Footnotes
The total number of schools includes state-funded schools and non-maintained special schools that have at least one pupil in reception year.
'z' indicates data is not applicable.
In local authorities where course registration and completion has reduced since June 2024, this was either due to data cleansing or to deletion of accounts.
Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) additional metrics
Filename
neli_additional_june2025.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2020/21 to 2024/25
Content
Number of schools registered, number of LanguageScreen assessments, and estimated number of children going through the NELI programme in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/25.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
continue_to_be_registered
Schools that continue to be registered
estimate_of_children_cumulative
Cumulative total of estimated number of children going through NELI
estimate_of_children_yearly
Estimated number of children going through NELI
lang_screen_assessments_cumulative
Cumulative total of LanguageScreen assessments
lang_screen_assessments_yearly
Number of LanguageScreen assessments
registered_schools_cumulative
Cumulative total of registered schools
registered_schools_yearly
Number of newly registered schools
unique_children_lang_screen_assessment
Number of unique children that have completed an initial LanguageScreen assessment
Footnotes
'x' indicates that data is not available.
The estimate for the number of children is based on data included in EEF's Nuffield Early Language Intervention Scale-up: Evaluation Report - Year 2. Figures given here are obtained from calculations. More information can be found in the methodology.
The number of LanguageScreen assessments is accurate up to the end of March 2025 and includes both initial and follow-up assessments.
The estimated number of children covers the whole academic year.
The cumulative total of registered schools is accurate up to the end of March 2025.
'Schools that continue to be registered' is accurate up to the end of March 2025. This is the cumulative total of registered schools minus any schools which have closed, merged or withdrawn from the programme.