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Early years
Education statistics
Explore early years education statistics in England including:
- childcare and early years provider survey
- childcare and early years survey of parents
- early years education recovery
- early years foundation stage profile results
- early childcare entitlements
- funded early education and childcare
The Department for Education statistics service allows you to browse and view reports and headline figures, explore previous reports through a time series tab. You can download their associated data, or create custom filters for the data you're interested in as ODS or CSV files. An API is also available which allows you to automate access to statistics and data available via the service.
You can find early years education data and statistics for Scotland on the Scottish Government website. Data is collected as part of the Early Learning and Childcare census. Previous reports published as summary statistics for schools in Scotland go back to 2012, with XLSX tables you can download.
The Welsh Government and Department of Education in Northern Ireland also publish education statistics, some of which contain early years data.
Early years foundation stage profile results 2024/25
Good level of development
Percentage of children with a good level of development
3.1 percentage points
In 2024/25, up from 65.2% in 2021/22.
Expected level across all early learning goals
Percentage of children at expected level across all early learning goals
3.5 percentage points
In 2024/25, up from 63.4% in 2021/22.
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The page was last updated 3/6/2026