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Statistics: childcare and early years

Childcare arrangements for all ages and early years provision for children who are 5 years of age or younger.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
27 June 2013
Last updated:
9 July 2026
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  1. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2025' to 'Childcare and early years survey of parents'.

  2. Added 'Funded early education and childcare: 2026' to 'Funded early education and childcare'.

  3. Added 'Childcare and early years providers survey: 2025' to 'Childcare and early years providers survey'.

  4. Added ‘Funded early education and childcare: 2025’.

  5. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2024'.

  6. Added 'Childcare and early years providers survey: 2024' to 'Childcare and early years providers survey'.

  7. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: push-to-web trial' research report conducted in 2023.

  8. Added an ad hoc statistical release for February 2024 and management information for April, May and October 2024 to '30 and 15 hours free childcare'.

  9. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2023'.

  10. Added 'Provision for children under 5 in England: January 2024'.

  11. Added 'Childcare and early years providers survey: 2023'.

  12. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2022'.

  13. Added 'Provision for children under 5 in England: January 2023'.

  14. Added 'Childcare and early years providers survey: 2022'.

  15. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2021'.

  16. Added 'Provision for children under 5 in England: January 2022'.

  17. Added 'Childcare and early years providers survey: 2021' to the collection.

  18. Added 'Provision for children under five in England: January 2021'

  19. Added 'Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2020'.

  20. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2019'.

  21. Added 'Childcare and early years providers survey: 2019'.

  22. Added 'Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2019'.

  23. Added 30 hours free childcare: summer term 2019.

  24. Added '30 hours free childcare: spring term 2019'.

  25. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2018'.

  26. Added '30 hours free childcare: autumn term 2018'.

  27. Added document 'Childcare and early years providers survey: 2018' to the collection.

  28. Added ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2018’ to the collection.

  29. Added '30 hours free childcare: summer term 2018'.

  30. Added '30 hours free childcare: spring term 2018'.

  31. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2017'.

  32. Added '30 hours free childcare: autumn term 2017'.

  33. Added 'Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2017' to the collection.

  34. Added 'Childcare and early years providers survey: 2016'.

  35. Added 'Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2016'.

  36. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2014 to 2015'.

  37. Added 'Provision for children under 5 years of age: January 2015'.

  38. Added the 'Childcare and early years providers survey: 2013' release.

  39. Added 'Provision for children under 5 years of age: January 2014' to the collection.

  40. Added 'Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2012 to 2013'

  41. First published.

Archived statistics from before May 2010 are available on the UK Government Web Archive.

Childcare and early years providers survey

We publish this release every 2 years.

Childcare and early years survey of parents

We publish this release annually, since 2017. The 2020 release was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Funded early education and childcare

These statistics have replaced ‘provision for children under 5 in England’. The content published remains unchanged.

Provision for children under 5 in England

We published this release annually until 2024.

30 and 15 hours free childcare

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