Data set from Early years foundation stage profile results

3 Headline measures by multiple characteristics

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Published 24 November 2022

Last updated 24 November 2022

Headline measures by multiple characteristics (gender, major ethnic group, special educational needs (SEN) provision and free school meal eligibility).

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: National
• 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:
  • Ethnic group: major
  • SEN provision
  • Free school meal eligibility
• 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	ethnicity	sen_provision	fsm	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	Total	622583	14.100000	394514	63.400000	417453	67.100000	405723	65.200000
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Girls	304334	14.800000	214817	70.600000	224089	73.600000	218923	71.900000
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Boys	318249	13.300000	179697	56.500000	193364	60.800000	186800	58.700000
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Known to be eligible for free school meals	Total	113882	12.300000	53629	47.100000	57920	50.900000	55944	49.100000
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Known to be eligible for free school meals	Girls	55804	13.400000	30621	54.900000	32574	58.400000	31589	56.600000

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables

Variable name	Variable description
average_elgs	Average number of early learning goals at expected level per child
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
elg_number	Number of children at expected level across all early learning goals

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Footnotes

1. The 'Unclassified' SEN provision category describes cases where SEN provision could not be determined. These children are included in the 'Total' numbers.
2. 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.
3. 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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