Welcome to the Early Years Observatory

The Early Years Observatory is the dedicated early childhood initiative from the Education Policy Institute, mapping the lives of under-fives in England.

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In numbers

The Early Years Landscape

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Children attending Ofsted-registered settings across England

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Of parents rate the quality of local childcare as good

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Of families with under-5s experienced food poverty in the last month

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Of pre-schoolers attend settings without a qualified teacher in their pre-school year

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Children enrolled in large, private equity-backed childcare chains