Data set from Early years foundation stage profile results

1 Headline measures by characteristics

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Published 24 November 2022

Last updated 24 November 2022

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.

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Early years foundation stage profile results
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of children
  • Average number of early learning goals at expected level per child
  • Number of children at expected level across all early learning goals
• Filters:
  • Child characteristics
  • Gender
• Time period: 2021/22

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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	characteristic	characteristic_type	gender	children_number	average_elgs	elg_number	elg_percentage	comm_lang_lit_number	comm_lang_lit_percentage	gld_number	gld_percentage
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Total	Total	Total	622583	14.100000	394514	63.400000	417453	67.100000	405723	65.200000
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Total	Total	Girls	304334	14.800000	214817	70.600000	224089	73.600000	218923	71.900000
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Total	Total	Boys	318249	13.300000	179697	56.500000	193364	60.800000	186800	58.700000
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Ethnic group: major	White	Total	439484	14.300000	284583	64.800000	300372	68.300000	291390	66.300000
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Ethnic group: major	White	Girls	214421	15.000000	154153	71.900000	160416	74.800000	156502	73.000000

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables

Variable name	Variable description
average_elgs	Average number of early learning goals at expected level per child
characteristic_type	Child characteristics
children_number	Number of children
comm_lang_lit_number	Number of children at expected level in communication and language and literacy areas of learning
comm_lang_lit_percentage	Percentage of children at expected level in communication and language and literacy areas of learning

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Footnotes

1. Autumn-born = September, October, November, December. Spring-born = January, February, March, April. Summer-born = May, June, July, August.
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. A small number of children in the City of London, Isles of Scilly, and Sutton local authorities in 2021/22 were not recorded due to issues arising during the data collection process. See the methodology page for more information.
6. Previously, Chinese children were included in the 'Other' category. Based on new guidance, Chinese children are now included in the 'Asian' category in the 2021/22 data.

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