Transparency data

Early years education recovery

The number of practitioners and settings that registered to take part in strands of the early years education recovery programme in England.

From:
Department for Education
Published
25 January 2024
Last updated
4 July 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Early years education recovery

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/early-years-education-recovery/2025-july

Details

The early years education recovery programme was a package of workforce training, qualifications and support for the early years sector to help address the impact of COVID-19 on the youngest and most disadvantaged children.

The programme included a range of activity strands that provided targeted support to practitioners, leaders and settings.

The data publication includes:

  • the number of practitioners and settings that were registered for each strand of the programme
  • the number of practitioners and settings that completed or were supported by each strand of the programme
  • a breakdown by setting type and local authority for each strand

Updates to this page

Published 25 January 2024
Last updated 4 July 2025 show all updates

  1. Added the final management information data for the early years education recovery programme.

  2. The previous January publication contained the number of registrations for each strand along with a settings breakdown. This updated publication also contains completion figures, including a breakdown of registrations and completions by local authority.

  3. First published.

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