Accredited official statistics
Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2010
Data on early years education, including the number of funded places and 3- and 4-year-olds benefiting from some free early years education.
Applies to England
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Reference Id: SFR16/2010
Publication Type: Statistical First Release
Local Authority data: LA data
Region: England
Release Date: 10 June 2010
Coverage status: Final
Publication Status: Published
The latest statistics are for January 2010 and update those previously released on 16 June 2009.
The key points from the latest release are:
- In January 2010 the actual number of three and four year olds benefiting from some free early education (where children are counted only once, even if they take up free provision at two different providers) was 1,183,100 children, which is an increase on the 2009 figure of 1,155,500 children.
- In January 2010 the number of three and four year olds benefiting from some free early education (where children are counted twice if they take up free provision at two different providers) was 1,206,100 children, which is an increase on the 2009 figure of 1,178,800 children.
- The actual number of three year olds benefiting from some free early education was 92% of the three year old population. The actual number of four year old children benefiting from some free early education was 98% of the four year old population.
- The part time equivalent (PTE) number of funded places filled by both three and four year olds has increased from 1,128,800 in 2009 to 1,177,200 in 2010.
- The PTE number of free early education places taken up by three year olds in the maintained, private, voluntary and independent sectors was 91 per 100 three year old children; an increase on the 2009 figure of 89 per 100 children. The equivalent figure for four year old children remained at 97 per 100 children.
Rebecca Briggs
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