Data set from Early years foundation stage profile results

1 Headline measures by characteristics

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Headline measures by child characteristics (gender, major and minor ethnic group, first language, free school meal eligibility, term of birth, special educational needs (SEN) provision and SEN primary need).

Breakdowns by local authority district are based on the location of the child’s school or provider.


Data set details

Theme
Early years
Publication
Early years foundation stage profile results
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Number of children
  • Number of children with a good level of development
  • Percentage of children with a good level of development
Filters
  • Gender
  • Child characteristics
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_namelad_codelad_namecharacteristiccharacteristic_typegenderchildren_numberaverage_elgselg_numberelg_percentagecomm_lang_lit_numbercomm_lang_lit_percentagegld_numbergld_percentage
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotalTotalTotal61889114.10000040624165.60000042594168.80000041604067.200000
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotalTotalGirls30227614.90000022070373.00000022854775.60000022423374.200000
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotalTotalBoys31661513.40000018553858.60000019739462.30000019180760.600000
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandEthnic group: majorWhiteTotal43022614.40000028907367.20000030266970.40000029506868.600000
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandEthnic group: majorWhiteGirls20965515.20000015628974.50000016159377.10000015834575.500000

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables
Variable nameVariable description
average_elgsAverage number of early learning goals at expected level per child
characteristic_typeChild characteristics
children_numberNumber of children
comm_lang_lit_numberNumber of children at expected level in communication and language and literacy areas of learning
comm_lang_lit_percentagePercentage of children at expected level in communication and language and literacy areas of learning

Footnotes

  1. Autumn-born: September to December. Spring-born: January to March. Summer-born: April to August. In previous publications, children born in April were classified as spring-born. In the 2022/23 release, children born in April are now classified as summer-born to align with other departmental outputs. Data for 2021/22 has been revised to reflect this change. 
  2. The 'Unclassified' first language category describes cases where a child's first language could not be determined. These children are included in the 'Total' numbers.
  3. The 'Unclassified' SEN provision category describes cases where SEN provision could not be determined. These children are included in the 'Total' numbers.
  4. The 'Unclassified' ethnic group category describes cases where a child's ethnicity was refused or not obtained. These children are included in the 'Total' numbers.
  5. In previous publications, the category ‘Not known to be eligible for free school meals’ included both those not eligible for free school meals and those not known to be eligible for free school meals (i.e. children who did not appear in the school census). In this 2022/23 release, as a methodological improvement, the categories have been split out and are now ‘Eligible for free school meals’, ‘Not eligible for free school meals’ and ‘Unclassified’ (i.e. children who did not appear in the schools census). Data for 2021/22 has been revised to reflect this change. 

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