Early Years and Nursery Locations in England, 2005

19,990 early years and nursery establishments in England, with point locations for those accurately georeferenced. The dataset was published by Neighbourhood Statistics using administrative data from the Department for Education and Skills. It provides a snapshot of childcare provision across England for the year 2005.

Use Cases

• Mapping childcare service accessibility based on georeferenced point locations mentioned in the description
• Analyzing regional disparities in early years provision based on the count of 19,990 establishments
• Studying the density of nurseries for urban planning based on administrative geographic coverage of England

Strengths

• Contains 19,990 individual establishment records, providing a substantial national inventory.
• Includes georeferenced point location data for establishments where it was accurately possible.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown for the georeferenced subset, which may limit suitability assessment for spatial analysis.
• Data is from 2005 and may not reflect current provision; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:24.510026; freshness should be verified

Geography

England