Data set from Early years foundation stage profile results

2 Early learning goals and areas of learning by child characteristics

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Published 22 October 2026

Last updated 22 October 2026

Early learning goals and areas of learning by various child characteristics. Sub-national breakdowns 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 2025/26
• Number of rows: 820,066
• Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of children at emerging level
  • Percentage of children at emerging level
  • Number of children at expected level
• Filters:
  • Child characteristics breakdown
  • Early learning goal
• Time period: 2021/22 to 2025/26

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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	breakdown_topic	breakdown	children_count	emerging_children_count	emerging_children_percent	expected_children_count	expected_children_percent
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Total	Total	576725	127489	22.105683	449236	77.894317
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Sex	Female	281851	43302	15.363437	238549	84.636563
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Sex	Male	294874	84187	28.550160	210687	71.449840
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Ethnicity major	White	386984	79917	20.651241	307067	79.348759
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								All prime areas	All early learning goals	Ethnicity major	Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups	43894	9209	20.980088	34685	79.019912

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 7 variables

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown	Child characteristics breakdown
children_count	Number of children
early_learning_goal	Early learning goal
emerging_children_count	Number of children at emerging level
emerging_children_percent	Percentage of children at emerging level

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Footnotes

1. Please note that Down Syndrome was collected for the first time in 2024/25. Therefore, it is likely that some children recorded with a primary need of Down Syndrome in 2024/25 and 2025/26 would have been recorded as having a different primary need in earlier years.

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