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DfE statistics show around a quarter of early years children have returned to settings

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Just under a quarter of children that usually attend early years settings in term-time have gone back, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education, which shows a gradually rise in pre-school children returning.
According to the statistics, 61 per cent of early years settings were open on 2 July
According to the statistics, 61 per cent of early years settings were open on 2 July

According to the data for 2 July, just under two-thirds of early years providers were open and 62,000 more children were attending early years settings than the previous week's figures.

There were 382,000 children in nurseries, pre-schools or childminding settings, up from 320,000 on 25 June.

This represents about 23 per cent of the number of children who usually attend in term time.

The data, Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, estimates that on 2 July:

STATUS OF EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

The response rate to the local authority survey on early years was 89 per cent, with 135 out of 151 LAs submitting data by 6pm on 2 July.

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