Funded early education and childcare
Annual January statistics on children under 5 registered for government funded entitlements in England, and on providers and staff delivering them.
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- Department for Education
- Published
- Last updated
Get help by contacting us
If you have a specific enquiry about Funded early education and childcare statistics and data:
Early Years Statistics Team
Email: earlyyears.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Jay Morris
Press office
If you have a media enquiry:
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Public enquiries
If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:
Phone: 0370 000 2288
Opening times
Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)
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These accredited official statistics have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (opens in new tab) (OSR). They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab). Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (opens in new tab).
Accreditation signifies their compliance with the authority's Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) which broadly means these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).
Pre-release access list
Beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
- Secretary of State for Education
- Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing
- Minister for the School System and Student Finance
- Special Adviser, Schools and Children & Families
- Special Adviser, Parliamentary and Communications
- Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Families
- Director, Early Years, Childcare, Families and Analysis
- Deputy Director, Early Years Sufficiency and Entitlements
- Grade 7, Early Years Education and Entitlements
Senior Executive Officer, 30 Hours Team - Grade 7, Two-Year-Old Entitlement Team
- Senior Executive Officer, Two-Year-Old Entitlement Team
- Grade 6, Early Years Entitlements and Local Authority Intelligence
- Grade 7, Early Years Local Authority Delivery
- Grade 7, Early Years Local Authority Delivery
- Senior Executive Officer, Early Years Stakeholders, Briefing and Correspondence
- Grade 6, Early Years Funding
- Senior Executive Officer, Funding Policy Unit
- Deputy Director, Early Years Quality and Workforce
- Grade 6, Early Years Covid Recovery
- Senior Executive Officer, Early Years SEND
- Grade 6, Early Years Quality in Settings
- Deputy Director, Early Years Markets, Strategy and Workforce Division
- Grade 6, Early Years Recruitment and Retention
- Grade 6, Early Years Childminders Policy Unit
- Grade 6, Early Years Qualifications Unit
- Grade 6, Early Years Markets and Strategy Unit
- Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science
- Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
- Deputy Director, Families Analysis Division
- Grade 7, Early Years Entitlements and Delivery Analysis
- Senior Executive Officer, Early Years Entitlements and Delivery Analysis
- Head Media Officer
- Senior Press Officer
- Press Officer