Data set from Phonics screening check attainment

Phonics screening check attainment by pupil characteristics

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Published 10 October 2024

Last updated 10 October 2024

This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in the phonics screening check in year 1 and by the end of year 2 in England, broken down by pupil characteristics.

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Phonics screening check attainment
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of schools in year 1 phonics
  • Number of schools in year 2 phonics
  • Number of eligible pupils in the phonics screening check in year 1
• Filters:
  • Pupil characteristics
  • Sex
• Time period: 2011/12 to 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	breakdown_topic	breakdown	establishment_type_group	sex	no_schools_y1	t_phonics_y1_eligible_pupils	t_phonics_y1_met_expected_standard	t_phonics_y1_working_towards_expected_standard	t_phonics_y1_absent	t_phonics_y1_disapplied	pt_phonics_y1_met_expected_standard	pt_phonics_y1_working_towards_expected_standard	pt_phonics_y1_absent	pt_phonics_y1_disapplied	no_schools_y2	t_phonics_by_end_y2_eligible_pupils	t_phonics_by_end_y2_met_expected_standard	t_phonics_by_end_y2_working_towards_expected_standard	t_phonics_by_end_y2_absent	t_phonics_by_end_y2_disapplied	pt_phonics_by_end_y2_met_expected_standard	pt_phonics_by_end_y2_working_towards_expected_standard	pt_phonics_by_end_y2_absent	pt_phonics_by_end_y2_disapplied
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	All pupils	Total	State-funded schools	Boys	16002	303832	164611	131627	1303	6291	54	43	0	2	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	All pupils	Total	State-funded schools	Girls	15876	289590	179160	106144	1114	3171	62	37	0	1	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	All pupils	Total	State-funded schools	Total	16062	593422	343771	237771	2417	9462	58	40	0	2	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	Disadvantage status	Disadvantaged	State-funded schools	Boys	13030	72294	29867	39630	371	2426	41	55	1	3	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	Disadvantage status	Disadvantaged	State-funded schools	Girls	12755	69955	34533	33958	313	1151	49	49	0	2	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 22 variables

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown	Pupil characteristics
no_schools_y1	Number of schools in year 1 phonics
no_schools_y2	Number of schools in year 2 phonics
pt_phonics_by_end_y2_absent	Percentage of pupils absent in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
pt_phonics_by_end_y2_disapplied	Percentage of pupils disapplied in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2

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Footnotes

1. Disadvantaged pupils are those known to be eligible for FSM prior to the assessment in year 1 or year 2 (i.e. not including nursery or reception), have been in the care of the local authority for 1 day or more in the last year or have left local authority care in England and Wales through adoption, a special guardianship order, a residence order or a child arrangements order.
2. The number of eligible pupils by the end of year 2 includes pupils with a valid year 2 phonics result or pupils with both valid year 1 phonics and; in the school spring census in year 2 (2024 data) or a valid KS1 result (previous years data).
3. Includes pupils for whom ethnicity or first language was not obtained, refused or could not be determined.
4. Includes all pupils who participated in the phonics screening check, those disapplied, those absent for the entire period of which the check could be administered and those with maladministration. Pupils with missing, or invalid results are not included in the calculations.
5. SEN unclassified includes pupils for whom SEN provision could not be determined.
6. Includes any pupils who are disapplied from the national curriculum or whose performance cannot be established, for example because they recently arrived from a different education system, they had a lengthy period of absence or due to maladministration.
7. Percentages have been rounded to nearest whole number, so may not sum to 100.
8. Data is not available for 2020 and 2021 as assessments were cancelled in these years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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