Description
This page describes the data included in the underlying data files of the 2023/24 Accredited official 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.
Coverage
These annual 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. The assessment framework, or EYFS Profile, consists of 17 early learning goals (ELGs) across 7 areas of learning.
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 for 2021/22 to 2023/24.
Rounding and suppression
Percentages and averages have been rounded to one decimal place. As a result of rounding, the sum of the percentage of children at the emerging level and the percentage of children at the expected level may not equal 100% in file 2.
Suppression has not been applied to the underlying data.
Symbology
The following symbols are used in the underlying data files as follows:
z not applicable
x data not available
u low reliability
b break in time series
Where any number is shown as zero, the original figure submitted was zero.
