Data set from Early years foundation stage profile results

2 Early learning goals and areas of learning by child characteristics

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Published 27 November 2025

Last updated 27 November 2025

Early learning goals and areas of learning by various child characteristics. Sub-national breakdowns are based on the location of the child’s school or provider.

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Early years foundation stage profile results
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 654,238
• Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of children at expected level
  • Percentage of children at expected level
  • Number of children at emerging level
• Filters:
  • Early learning goal
  • Child characteristics breakdown
• Time period: 2021/22 to 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	lad_code	lad_name	area_of_learning	early_learning_goal	breakdown_topic	breakdown	children_count	emerging_children_count	emerging_children_percent	expected_children_count	expected_children_percent
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Total	Total	589471	146007	24.769157	443464	75.230842
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Sex	Female	288037	49995	17.357145	238042	82.642854
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Sex	Male	301434	96012	31.851748	205422	68.148251
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Ethnicity major	White	393380	90726	23.063195	302654	76.936804
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Ethnicity major	Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups	45647	10736	23.519617	34911	76.480382

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 7 variables

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown	Child characteristics breakdown
children_count	Number of children
early_learning_goal	Early learning goal
emerging_children_count	Number of children at emerging level
emerging_children_percent	Percentage of children at emerging level

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