Data set from Early years foundation stage profile results

2 Early learning goals and areas of learning by characteristics

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Published 30 November 2023

Last updated 30 November 2023

Early learning goals and areas of learning 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 2022/23
• Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of children
  • Number of children at emerging level
  • Percentage of children at emerging level
• Filters:
  • Early learning goal
  • Gender
  • Child characteristics
• Time period: 2021/22 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	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	lad_code	lad_name	area_of_learning	early_learning_goal	characteristic	characteristic_type	gender	children_number	emerging_number	emerging_percentage	expected_number	expected_percentage
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Total	Total	Total	618891	154716	25	464175	75
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Total	Total	Girls	302276	52577	17.4	249699	82.6
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Total	Total	Boys	316615	102139	32.3	214476	67.7
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Ethnic group: major	White	Total	430226	100375	23.3	329851	76.7
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Ethnic group: major	White	Girls	209655	33059	15.8	176596	84.2

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic_type	Child characteristics
children_number	Number of children
early_learning_goal	Early learning goal
emerging_number	Number of children at emerging level
emerging_percentage	Percentage of children at emerging level

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Footnotes

1. Autumn-born: September to December. Spring-born: January to March. Summer-born: April to August. In previous publications, children born in April were classified as spring-born. In the 2022/23 release, children born in April are now classified as summer-born to align with other departmental outputs. Data for 2021/22 has been revised to reflect this change. 
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 early years foundation stage profile was significantly revised in September 2021. This included changes to the 17 early learning goals and 7 areas of learning. See the methodology page for more information.
5. 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.
6. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
7. In previous publications, the category ‘Not known to be eligible for free school meals’ included both those not eligible for free school meals and those not known to be eligible for free school meals (i.e. children who did not appear in the school census). In this 2022/23 release, as a methodological improvement, the categories have been split out and are now ‘Eligible for free school meals’, ‘Not eligible for free school meals’ and ‘Unclassified’ (i.e. children who did not appear in the schools census). Data for 2021/22 has been revised to reflect this change. 

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