The latest Department for Education (DfE) statistics on Education Provision for Children Under Five, January 2107, show a slight increase in the number of eligible two-year-olds taking up their funded place, from 68 per cent in January 2016 to 71 per cent in January this year.
The figures also show that more two-year-olds are now in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools. In January 2017, there were 11 per cent of two-year-olds in nursery schools and classes, up from 3 per cent in 2014.
The increase is largely down to a rise in the number of two-year-olds in nursery classes in primary schools, up from 1 per cent in 2014 to 7 per cent this year.
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