The latest Department for Education figures on ‘Provision for children under five years of age’ show that 1,035,870 of three and four-year-olds taking up their free childcare place, the equivalent of 85 per cent, attend settings rated good or outstanding by Ofsted. This is up from 988,980 in 2014.
According to the statistics, a record number of three- and four-year-olds are benefiting from the 15 hours of free childcare a week. As of January 2015 a total of 1.3 million three- and four-year-olds were taking up their place (99 per cent of four-year-olds and 94 per cent of three-year-olds). This is an increase of 21,980 on the previous year.
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