2 Early learning goals and areas of learning by characteristics
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Early learning goals and areas of learning by child characteristics (sex, major and minor ethnic group, first language, free school meal eligibility, term of birth, special educational needs (SEN) 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 2023/24
- Release type
- 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
- Child characteristics breakdown
- Early learning goal
- Time period
- 2021/22 to 2023/24
Data set preview
| 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_number | emerging_number | emerging_percentage | expected_number | expected_percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All prime areas | All early learning goals | Total | Total | 608217 | 152615 | 25.1 | 455602 | 74.9 | |||||||
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All prime areas | All early learning goals | Sex | Female | 296556 | 51231 | 17.3 | 245325 | 82.7 | |||||||
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All prime areas | All early learning goals | Sex | Male | 311661 | 101384 | 32.5 | 210277 | 67.5 | |||||||
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All prime areas | All early learning goals | Ethnic group: major | White | 413019 | 95861 | 23.2 | 317158 | 76.8 | |||||||
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All prime areas | All early learning goals | Ethnic group: major | Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups | 45898 | 10898 | 23.7 | 35000 | 76.3 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Child characteristics breakdown |
| 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 |
Footnotes
- Autumn-born: September to December. Spring-born: January to March. Summer-born: April to August. In publications before 2022/23, children born in April were classified as spring-born. Since the 2022/23 release, children born in April are classified as summer-born to align with other departmental outputs. Data for 2021/22 has been revised to reflect this change.
- The 'Unknown' first language category describes cases where a child's first language could not be determined. These children are included in the 'Total' numbers.
- The 'Unknown' SEN category describes cases where SEN provision could not be determined. These children are included in the 'Total' numbers.
- 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.
- The 'Unknown' ethnic group category describes cases where a child's ethnicity was refused or not obtained. These children are included in the 'Total' numbers.
- Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
- 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). Since the 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 ‘Unknown’ (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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