Data set from Key stage 1 and phonics screening check attainment

Phonics screening check attainment in year 1 by pupil characteristics

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Published 12 October 2023

Last updated 12 October 2023

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

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Key stage 1 and phonics screening check attainment
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of eligible pupils in the phonics screening check in year 1
  • Number of pupils absent in the phonics screening check in year 1
  • Number of pupils disapplied in the phonics screening check in year 1
• Filters:
  • Gender
  • Pupil characteristics
• Time period: 2011/12 to 2022/23

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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	school_type	gender	no_schools	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
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	All pupils	Total	State-funded schools	Boys	16002	303832	164611	131627	1303	6291	54	43	0	2
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	All pupils	Total	State-funded schools	Girls	15876	289590	179160	106144	1114	3171	62	37	0	1
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	All pupils	Total	State-funded schools	Total	16062	593422	343771	237771	2417	9462	58	40	0	2
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	Disadvantage status	Disadvantaged	State-funded schools	Boys	13030	72294	29867	39630	371	2426	41	55	1	3
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	Disadvantage status	Disadvantaged	State-funded schools	Girls	12755	69955	34533	33958	313	1151	49	49	0	2

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown	Pupil characteristics
gender	Gender
no_schools	Number of schools
pt_phonics_y1_absent	Percentage of pupils absent in the phonics screening check in year 1
pt_phonics_y1_disapplied	Percentage of pupils disapplied in the phonics screening check in year 1

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Footnotes

1. Includes pupils for whom ethnicity or first language was not obtained, refused or could not be determined.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. SEN unclassified includes pupils for whom SEN provision could not be determined.
5. 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.

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