Data set from Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England

National - Key Stage 2 (KS2)

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Published 10 April 2025

Last updated 10 April 2025

Key Stage 2 attainment by special educational need, ethnicity, placement (children looked after only) and social care group.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
• Release: Reporting year 2024
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Average progress score for maths
  • Average progress score for reading
  • Average progress score for writing TA
• Filters:
  • Ethnicity
  • Placement
  • Social care group
• Time period: 2017/18 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	social_care_group	sen_provision	ethnicity_major	placement	version	t_read_eligible_pupils	t_read_met_expected_standard	pt_read_met_expected_standard	t_writta_eligible_pupils	t_writta_met_expected_standard	pt_writta_met_expected_standard	t_mat_eligible_pupils	t_mat_met_expected_standard	pt_mat_met_expected_standard	t_rwm_eligible_pupils	t_rwm_met_expected_standard	pt_rwm_met_expected_standard	t_gps_eligible_pupils	t_gps_met_expected_standard	pt_gps_met_expected_standard	t_scita_eligible_pupils	t_scita_met_expected_standard	pt_scita_met_expected_standard	t_read_progress_eligible_pupils	t_read_progress_score	avg_read_progress_score	avg_read_progress_score_lower_ci	avg_read_progress_score_upper_ci	t_writta_progress_eligible_pupils	t_writta_progress_score	avg_writta_progress_score	avg_writta_progress_score_lower_ci	avg_writta_progress_score_upper_ci	t_mat_progress_eligible_pupils	t_mat_progress_score	avg_mat_progress_score	avg_mat_progress_score_lower_ci	avg_mat_progress_score_upper_ci
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	All pupils comparison	All pupils	All pupils	All pupils	Revised	662970	493300	74	661540	474630	72	662950	485270	73	661500	401410	61	662980	479260	72	661390	536330	81	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	All pupils comparison	All pupils	Asian/Asian British	All pupils	Revised	86410	65860	76	86270	66130	77	86420	70930	82	86270	58460	68	86420	70020	81	86250	71950	83	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	All pupils comparison	All pupils	Black/African/Caribbean/Black British	All pupils	Revised	42450	31710	75	42350	30690	72	42450	31190	73	42350	26090	62	42450	32690	77	42340	34110	81	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	All pupils comparison	All pupils	Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups	All pupils	Revised	44270	34240	77	44190	32830	74	44270	32770	74	44190	28090	64	44270	33430	76	44170	36440	83	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	All pupils comparison	All pupils	Other ethnic group	All pupils	Revised	15740	10430	66	15700	10270	65	15740	11380	72	15690	8830	56	15740	10880	69	15690	11780	75	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 37 variables

Variable name	Variable description
avg_mat_progress_score	Average progress score for maths
avg_mat_progress_score_lower_ci	Lower confidence interval for maths progress
avg_mat_progress_score_upper_ci	Upper confidence interval for maths progress
avg_read_progress_score	Average progress score for reading
avg_read_progress_score_lower_ci	Lower confidence interval for reading progress

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Footnotes

1. 'All pupils comparison' includes all state-funded schools, alternative provision, and non-maintained special schools with pupils eligible for assessment at Key Stage 2. Participation by independent schools is voluntary, therefore the figures for all pupils includes results from independent schools that chose to submit data and met the requirements for assessment and moderation.
2. Writing teacher assessment and reading, writing and maths (combined) measures from 2018 onwards are not directly comparable to previous years due to changes in the writing teacher assessment frameworks.

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