Data set from Early years foundation stage profile results

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile by Ethnicity and Free School Meal status (2018 - 2019)

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Published 5 February 2021

Last updated 5 February 2021

Attainment in headline measures ethnicity and FSM (Free School Meal) status. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Early years foundation stage profile results
• Release: Academic year 2018/19
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Average point score: total point score divided by number of children
  • Number of children achieving a good level of development
  • Number of children achieving at least expected level across all early learning goals
• Filters:
  • Free School Meal Status: total (FSM and non-FSM); FSM; all other pupils
  • Gender of child: total (girls and boys); girls; boys
  • Major Ethnic Group (7 options)
• Time period: 2017/18 to 2018/19

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	ethnicity_major	ethnicity_minor	fsm	gender	number_of_pupils	elg_number	elg_percent	gld_number	gld_percent	average_point_score
Academic year	201819	National	E92000001	England	All Major Ethnicities	Total	Total	Total	638946	451531	71	458815	72	34.6
Academic year	201819	National	E92000001	England	All Major Ethnicities	Total	Total	Girls	311521	241823	78	244274	78	35.8
Academic year	201819	National	E92000001	England	All Major Ethnicities	Total	Total	Boys	327425	209708	64	214541	66	33.4
Academic year	201819	National	E92000001	England	All Major Ethnicities	Total	FSM	Total	89742	49442	55	50732	57	31.5
Academic year	201819	National	E92000001	England	All Major Ethnicities	Total	FSM	Girls	43796	27767	63	28257	65	32.8

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables

Variable name	Variable description
average_point_score	Average point score: total point score divided by number of children
elg_number	Number of children achieving at least expected level across all early learning goals
elg_percent	Percentage of children achieving at least expected level across all early learning goals
ethnicity_major	Major Ethnic Group (7 options) - Select Major Ethnicity Category
ethnicity_minor	Minor Ethnic Group (19 options) - Select Minor Ethnicity Category

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Footnotes

1. Children achieving at least the expected level in the ELGs within the three prime areas of learning (personal, social and emotional development; physical development; communication and language) as well as within literacy and mathematics is classed as achieving a 'good level of development'.
2. Major and minor ethnicity breakdowns detailed at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/complete-the-school-census/find-a-school-census-code#ethnicity.
3. A minor ethnicity result will not be reported unless the relevant major ethnicity group is also selected.
4. Percentages rounded to nearest integer.
5. Before using this table please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats about the data that may not be included in these footnotes.
6. Achieved at least the expected level across all ELGs means a child achieved ‘expected’ or ‘exceeded’ in all 17 ELGs.
7. Average total point score across all the early learning goals (ELGs). This is a supporting measure taking into account performance across all 17 ELGs, 1 point for emerging, 2 for expected and 3 for exceeding. The sum is then taken for all pupils with that characteristic and the mean given.

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