Updates: Early years census
2025
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Updated the list of COLLECT queries and explanatory notes to provide clarity for query 8015Q.
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Updated the list of COLLECT queries and explanatory notes to include query 8155.
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Removed 'Expanded entitlement' from the 'Checking data' section. Updated the list of COLLECT queries and explanatory notes to help you complete the early years census.
2024
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Ethnicity section: updated some main categories and sub-categories.
Changes from the previous early years census
Added update on new ethnicity codes to 'Existing data items' section.
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Addition of a number of new codes.
Updated the 'Expanded funded entitlement hours' section and changed the dates in the 'Pupil and child statistics' section.
Updated the census dates for the early years census return in 2025.
Updated the list of ages for the purposes of this collection and the 'schools with early years provision' section.
Changes from the previous early years census
Updated for the early years census return in 2025.
Updated the sections on early years pupil premium, basis for funding, disability access fund indicator, eligibility code indicator, extended funded entitlement hours and funded entitlement hours. Added sections on expanded funded entitlement weeks, extended funded entitlement weeks, funded entitlement weeks and expanded funded entitlement hours.
Submitting and checking a return
Updated the EYC template for 2025.
Methodology for calculating PTE places
Updated for the early years census return in 2025.
2023
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Amended the code for 'Unknown' from 0 to U.
Updated the deadlines for the 2024 early years census.
Updated the dates for the 2024 early years census.
Changes from the previous early years census
Added information about the new sex and gender identity data items.
Updated the basis for funding data item. Replaced the gender data item with the sex data item.
Submitting and checking a return
Updated the EYC 2024 template and list of COLLECT queries and explanatory notes to help you complete the early years census.
Methodology for calculating PTE places
Updated the dates for the 2024 early years census.
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Updated the information for the ethnicity codes: BEUR, CHNE, CHKC, CMAL, CSNG, CTWN and COCH.
Submitting and checking a return
Updated the list of COLLECT queries and explanatory notes to help you complete the early years census.
2022
Updated dates for the 2023 early years census.
Updated dates for the 2023 early years census.
Changes from the previous early years census
Updated to confirm there are no changes for the 2023 early years census.
Updated dates in the sections on disability access fund indicator, individual child-level data on funded 2, 3 and 4-year-olds and the number of 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
Submitting and checking a return
Updated the EYC template for 2023.
Methodology for calculating PTE places
Updated the dates for the 2023 early years census.
Submitting and checking a return
Updated the list of COLLECT queries and explanatory notes to help you complete the early years census.
Submitting and checking a return
Added the list of COLLECT queries and explanatory notes to help you complete the early years census.
Added 'COVID-19 related support for submitting an early years census 2022 return' which explains the different scenarios you may need to record during the week beginning 17 January 2022.
Submitting and checking a return
Updated the EYC 2022 template.
Added information about recording as normal during the week beginning 17 January 2022.
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Added information on adjusting PTE places for providers funded for over 38 weeks and the EYC template for 2022.
Methodology for calculating PTE places
New section added.
2021
Updated the submission deadline to Thursday 14 April 2022.
New section added.
New section added.
Changes from the previous early years census
New section added.
New section added.
Submitting and checking a return
New section added.
Find an early years census code
New section added.
Statutory requirement, data sharing and regulations
New section added.