Academic year 2018/19

Early years foundation stage profile results

Annual statistics on early years foundation stage profile assessments in England relating to the 7 areas of learning and the 17 early learning goals.

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• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 5 February 2021
• Last updated: 23 November 2022

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

  National

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

  • Number of rows: 487
  • 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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• APS - Good level of development and early learning goals - 2013 - 2019

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Attainment in headline measures and the Communication & Language and Literacy measure. APS = Average Point Score, GLD = Good Level of Development, ELG = Early Learning Goals, Exp = Expected Level.

  • Number of rows: 3,421
  • 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:
    • Gender of child: total (girls and boys); girls; boys
  • Time period: 2012/13 to 2018/19

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• Early Learning Goals (2013 - 2019)

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Attainment in the 17 early learning goals.

  • Number of rows: 58,141
  • Indicators:
    • Number of children achieving at least expected level in EYFSP assessment
    • Number of children achieving emerging level in EYFSP assessment
    • Number of children achieving exceeded level in EYFSP assessment
  • Filters:
    • Early Learning Goal category
    • Gender of child: total (girls and boys); girls; boys
  • Time period: 2012/13 to 2018/19

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• Early Years Foundation Stage Profile by Special Educational Needs and Free School Meal status (2018 - 2019)

  National

  Attainment in headline measures by SEN (Special Educational Need) and FSM (Free School Meal) status.

  • Number of rows: 103
  • 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
    • Special Educational Needs: Total (SEN and non-SEN); No SEN identified; Any SEN; SEN Support; SEN Statement; unclassified
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2018/19

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• Areas of Learning (2013 - 2019)

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Attainment in the prime and specific areas of learning.

  • Number of rows: 30,781
  • Indicators:
    • Number of children achieving at least expected level across all early learning goals in area of learning
    • Number of children achieving exceeded level across all early learning goals in area of learning
    • Number of children included in EYFSP results
  • Filters:
    • Area of learning
    • Gender of child: total (girls and boys); girls; boys
  • Time period: 2012/13 to 2018/19

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Supporting files

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11 supporting data files

• eyfsp2019pra

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• eyfsp_la_1_key_measures_additional_tables_2018_2019

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• eyfsp_la_2_com_lit_maths_additional_tables_2018_2019

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• eyfsp_lad_1_key_measures_additional_tables_2019

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• eyfsp_lad_2_elg_additional_tables_2019

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• eyfsp_lad_pr_additional_tables_2018_2019

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• eyfsp_national_1_key_measures_additional_tables_2013_2019

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• eyfsp_national_2_ethnicity_sen_fsm_additional_tables_2018_2019

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• eyfsp_national_3_sen_ethnicity_additional_tables_2018_2019

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• eyfsp_national_4_elg_additional_tables_2018_2019

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• eyfsp_regional_idaci_pr_additional_tables_2016_2019

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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

This document describes the underlying data in the ‘Early years foundation stage profile results: 2018 to 2019’ csv data files.

Coverage

The data covers early years foundation stage profile (EYFSP) assessment results for those children who were in receipt of a government funded early education place at the end of the early years foundation stage only. All providers of state-funded early years education, including: academies; free schools; and private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers in England are within the scope of the EYFSP data collection. Refer to the technical document for more information on coverage. 

In 2018/19, 23 schools piloted a revised set of early learning goals and a revised approach to assessment and moderation. These schools are excluded from the results for 2019. 

The underlying data files include national, regional and local authority-level information for England.

File formats and conventions

The three main release files are titled after the key measures contained, followed by the years for which data is available. 

The additional characteristics files are titled ‘EYFSP National', followed by the characteristics contained and the years for which data is available. 

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