Academic year 2021/22

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: 24 November 2022
• Last updated: 15 December 2022

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• 4 - Early learning goals and areas of learning by gender

  National percentage of children at expected level for each early learning goal and area of learning broken down by gender, 2021/22

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• 5 - Early learning goals by child characteristics

  National percentage of children at expected level for each early learning goal broken down by child characteristics, 2021/22

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• 7 - Good level of development by SEN provision and free school meal eligibility

  National percentage of children with a good level of development broken down by SEN provision and free school meal eligibility, 2021/22

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• 6 - Good level of development by ethnicity and free school meal eligibility

  National percentage of children with a good level of development broken down by major ethnic group and free school meal eligibility, 2021/22

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• 1 - Headline measures by gender

  National headline assessment outcomes broken down by gender, 2021/22

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• 2 - Headline measures by child characteristics

  National headline assessment outcomes broken down by child characteristics, 2021/22

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• 3 - Headline measures by local authority

  Headline assessment outcomes broken down by local authority, 2021/22

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• 8 - Good level of development by deprivation and gender

  National percentage of children with a good level of development broken down by Income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) decile and gender, 2021/22

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• 1 Headline measures by characteristics

  Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional

  Headline measures 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.

  • Number of rows: 12,852
  • 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:
    • Child characteristics
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2021/22

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• 2 Early learning goals and areas of learning by characteristics

  Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional

  Early learning goals and areas of learning by child characteristics (gender, major ethnic group, first language, free school meal eligibility, term of birth and special educational needs (SEN) provision). Breakdowns by local authority district are based on the location of the child’s school or provider.

  • Number of rows: 149,604
  • Indicators:
    • Number of children
    • Number of children at emerging level
    • Percentage of children at emerging level
  • Filters:
    • Early learning goal
    • Child characteristics
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2021/22

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• 3 Headline measures by multiple characteristics

  National

  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.

  • Number of rows: 378
  • 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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• 4 Headline measures by deprivation

  Local authority district, National, Regional

  Headline measures by income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) decile and gender. Breakdowns by local authority district are based on the location of the child’s residence.

  • Number of rows: 10,596
  • 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:
    • Income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) decile
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2021/22

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• Commentary - F1 Headline measures over time

  National

  Underlying data for Figure 1.

  • Number of rows: 10
  • Indicators:
    • Number of children
    • Average number of early learning goals at expected level per child
    • Percentage of children at expected level across all early learning goals
  • Time period: 2012/13 to 2021/22

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• Commentary - F2 Percentage of children at expected level by area of learning

  National

  Underlying data for Figure 2.

  • Number of rows: 7
  • Indicators:
    • Number of children
    • Number of children at emerging level
    • Percentage of children at emerging level
  • Filters:
    • Area of learning
  • Time period: 2021/22

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Description

This page describes the data included in the underlying data files of the National Statistics release ‘Early years foundation stage profile results’. 

This data is released under the terms of the Open Government Licence (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in new tab). 

The methodology page should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining the methodology used in producing the data.

Coverage

These statistics report on teacher assessments of children’s development at the end of the early years foundation stage (EYFS), specifically the end of the academic year in which a child turns 5. This is typically the summer term of reception year.  

Data is collected from local authorities covering state-funded schools and private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers (including childminders) as part of the EYFS profile return (opens in new tab). This data is then matched to other data sources, including the school and early years censuses, to obtain information on pupil characteristics.

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

File formats and conventions

Rounding and suppression

Rounding and suppression have not been applied in these underlying data files. 

Symbology

The following symbols have been applied in the underlying data files: 

     z      data not applicable      

     b      break in time series 

Where any number is shown as zero, the original figure submitted was zero.  

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