Mathematics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1)

Published 10 October 2017

Last updated 4 March 2018 - see all updates

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1. Main facts and figures

• in 2015/16, there were 641,593 pupils at the end of year 1, and ethnicity was known for 634,052 (99%) of them

• 75% were White, 11% were Asian, 6% were Black, 6% were Mixed, 2% were from the Other ethnic group, and 0.5% were Chinese

• Chinese pupils were most likely to meet the expected and higher standards – 88% and 40% did so respectively, the highest percentages of any ethnic group

• Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard and joint least likely along with Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils to meet the higher standard – 29% and 2% did so respectively

• overall, across all ethnic groups, 74% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 72% of boys, but 19% of boys met the higher standard, compared with 16% of girls

• overall, across all ethnic groups except Travellers of Irish Heritage and Gypsy/Roma, pupils eligible for free school meals did less well than those not eligible

Things you need to know

The 2016 key stage 1 assessments are the first which assess the new, more challenging national curriculum. The expected standard has also been raised to be higher than the old level 2. As a result, figures for 2016 are not comparable to those for earlier years.

Teacher assessments for year 2 pupils studying the national curriculum are collected and reported by the Department for Education (DfE), but test results for those pupils are not collected.

School level data is not published for key stage 1.

Results for the Isles of Scilly and the City of London, which have only one school each, have been excluded from local authority breakdowns. This is because the very small number of pupils in these local authorities make the results unreliable.

The Department for Education (DfE) has also excluded, or ‘suppressed’, very small numbers (for example, values of 1 or 2, a percentage based on 1 or 2 pupils who achieved, or 0, 1 or 2 pupils who did not achieve a particular standard).

This is because, where the size of the ethnic group population is small enough that an individual’s identity could be revealed, information is suppressed to preserve confidentiality. This is consistent with DfE’s statistical policy statement on confidentiality (PDF opens in a new window or tab) (PDF).

Pupil numbers for key stage 1 vary between measures of attainment for different subjects. This is because pupils who don't have a valid teacher assessment for a particular subject are excluded from the total. For more about valid teacher assessments, see the Methodology section.

What the data measures

This data measures the maths attainments of children in key stage 1 (years 1 to 2, when pupils are aged between 5 and 7).

The data covers the academic year 2015/16 (September 2015 to July 2016).

The data was collected from 16,337 state-funded mainstream schools (about 650,000 pupils) in England.

The standards for this measure are divided into 2 categories:

• expected standard
• higher standard

To reach the expected standard pupils, must have been assessed by a teacher as 'working at the expected standard' or 'working at a greater depth within the expected standard' in their maths.

To reach the higher standard, pupils must have been assessed by a teacher as 'working at a greater depth within the expected standard' in their maths.

The ethnic categories used in this data

This data uses categories from the Department for Education’s school census, which is broadly based on the 2001 national Census, with 3 exceptions:

• Traveller of Irish Heritage and Gypsy/Roma children have been separated into 2 categories
• Sri Lankan has been added to the Asian/Asian British group but is not reported separately
• Chinese pupils have been assigned a separate category

These changes were made after consultations with local authorities and lobby groups.

The categories in the school census are as follows:

White:

• White British
• White Irish
• Traveller of Irish Heritage
• Gypsy/Roma
• Other White

Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups:

• White and Black Caribbean
• White and Black African
• White and Asian
• Other Mixed background

Asian/Asian British:

• Indian
• Pakistani
• Bangladeshi
• Sri Lankan
• Other Asian background

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British:

• Black African
• Black Caribbean
• Other Black background

Chinese Other ethnic group

Information is provided for both detailed and broad ethnic groups where possible and when the data is available.

The 6 broad categories used are as follows:

• Asian/Asian British
• Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
• Chinese
• Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
• White
• Other ethnic group

However, local authority data is only provided for 5 broad ethnic groups. Information about the specific ethnic categories is excluded to preserve confidentiality and ensure individuals cannot be identified. Information about the Other ethnic group is not given because DfE does not publish data for this group at the local authority level.

The 5 broad categories are as follows:

• Asian/Asian British
• Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
• Chinese
• Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
• White

2. Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Percentage of pupils meeting the expected and higher standard in mathematics by ethnicity

Ethnicity	Expected standard	Higher standard
All	73	18
Asian	75	20
Bangladeshi	73	18
Indian	82	29
Pakistani	69	14
Asian other	78	24
Black	71	16
Black African	74	18
Black Caribbean	66	12
Black other	68	14
Chinese	88	40
Mixed	74	19
Mixed White/Asian	79	25
Mixed White/Black African	74	18
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	67	13
Mixed other	75	21
White	73	17
White British	73	18
White Irish	75	20
White Irish Traveller	33	2
White Gypsy/Roma	29	2
White other	71	17
Other	70	16

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Summary of Mathematics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity Summary

This data shows that:

• overall, 73% of pupils met the expected standard and 18% met the higher standard (making these the national averages)

• 73% of White British pupils met the expected standard and 18% met the higher standard

• Chinese pupils were most likely to meet both the expected and the higher standard – 88% and 40% did so respectively

• Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard (29% did so) and Gypsy/Roma and Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils were least likely to meet the higher standard – 2% of both groups did so

3. Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in mathematics by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals

Ethnicity	FSM	Non-FSM
All	58	75
Asian	65	76
Bangladeshi	67	75
Indian	71	83
Pakistani	62	70
Asian other	68	79
Black	65	74
Black African	67	76
Black Caribbean	59	69
Black other	62	70
Chinese	81	89
Mixed	61	77
Mixed White/Asian	63	81
Mixed White/Black African	63	77
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	58	71
Mixed other	63	78
White	55	75
White British	55	76
White Irish	53	79
White Irish Traveller	33	33
White Gypsy/Roma	30	29
White other	61	72
Other	65	72

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Summary of Mathematics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM) Summary

Eligibility for free school meals (FSM) is used as an indicator of deprivation by the Department for Education. For more about who qualifies for FSM, see the Methodology section.

The data shows that:

• in 2015/16 there were 97,397 pupils eligible for FSM in key stage 1 (15% of all pupils)

• overall, 58% of pupils eligible for FSM met the expected standard, compared with 75% of those not eligible – an attainment gap of 17 percentage points

• 55% of FSM-eligible White British pupils met the expected standard, compared with 76% of those not eligible

• of all FSM-eligible pupils, Chinese pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard – 81% did so, the highest percentage of any FSM-eligible group

• the biggest attainment gap, at 26 percentage points, was found among Irish pupils: 53% of those eligible for FSM met the expected standard, compared with 79% of those not eligible

• children not eligible for FSM were more likely to meet the expected standard than those not eligible in all ethnic groups except Gypsy/Roma, where 29% of those not eligible met the standard compared with 30% of those eligible

4. Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and area

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard for mathematics by ethnicity and local authority

Local authority	All	Asian	Black	Chinese	Mixed	White
County Durham	75	82	67		76	75
Darlington	75	66	57	100	86	75
Gateshead	74	72	77	75	77	74
Hartlepool	71	71	56		56	72
Middlesbrough	65	65	78		64	65
Newcastle upon Tyne	73	74	72	91	80	73
North Tyneside	75	76	83	80	71	75
Northumberland	76	83			73	76
Redcar and Cleveland	75	53			70	76
South Tyneside	77	85	75		69	78
Stockton-on-Tees	76	77	69		74	76
Sunderland	76	74	84		71	76
Blackburn with Darwen	74	75	61	100	67	75
Blackpool	74	65		70	74	74
Bolton	72	75	63		71	73
Bury	71	69	65	100	71	72
Cheshire East	71	71	64		66	71
Cheshire West and Chester	70	74	46	100	78	69
Cumbria	67	81	100		66	66
Halton	64	100			70	64
Knowsley	67	86	60	100	70	66
Lancashire	72	70	79	88	70	73
Liverpool	62	70	61	76	64	62
Manchester	71	71	70	93	73	71
Oldham	64	61	52	67	66	69
Rochdale	70	68	59		73	71
Salford	73	71	69		74	75
Sefton	74	74	63		73	74
St. Helens	67	67			65	67
Stockport	73	74	68	75	77	73
Tameside	70	65	67	70	74	70
Trafford	77	78	78	90	71	78
Warrington	76	75	81		75	76
Wigan	73	70	66		81	74
Wirral	70	79	56	76	80	70
Barnsley	71	71	79		70	71
Bradford	70	72	61		70	69
Calderdale	65	53	50		67	68
Doncaster	70	67	58	84	70	71
East Riding of Yorkshire	74	85		100	76	74
Kingston upon Hull, City of	72	79	56		79	72
Kirklees	70	68	69	81	67	72
Leeds	64	64	58	79	59	66
North East Lincolnshire	72			100	80	72
North Lincolnshire	77	84	40		81	77
North Yorkshire	70	75	53	82	67	71
Rotherham	71	72	60	73	70	71
Sheffield	71	69	71	91	70	72
Wakefield	71	67	67		74	72
York	71	78			71	71
Derby	64	67	68		68	63
Derbyshire	73	80	67	82	71	73
Leicester	66	73	67		64	60
Leicestershire	72	78	68	83	72	71
Lincolnshire	71	89	75		80	71
Northamptonshire	70	76	67		70	70
Nottingham	68	73	70		67	67
Nottinghamshire	71	69	60	89	70	71
Rutland	78				69	79
Birmingham	67	68	67	92	66	67
Coventry	70	77	68		70	68
Dudley	72	71	74		75	72
Herefordshire, County of	74	60			83	74
Sandwell	68	73	65		71	66
Shropshire	69	80		100	74	69
Solihull	76	78	74		75	76
Staffordshire	75	76	67		75	75
Stoke-on-Trent	70	70	72		72	70
Telford and Wrekin	76	70	83	100	71	76
Walsall	71	73	74		69	71
Warwickshire	74	82	70		75	74
Wolverhampton	71	73	77		71	68
Worcestershire	70	58	56	78	70	71
Bedford	71	65	69	100	69	72
Cambridgeshire	71	70	61	91	72	71
Central Bedfordshire	76	83	73	100	68	76
Essex	74	82	74	92	75	74
Hertfordshire	77	79	75	93	78	77
Luton	69	70	67	58	74	70
Norfolk	74	83	64		74	74
Peterborough	69	67	72		68	70
Southend-on-Sea	74	78	66	100	71	74
Suffolk	71	72	66	100	71	71
Thurrock	75	79	80		73	74
Camden	74	72	68	76	75	78
City of London
Hackney	82	85	78		85	83
Hammersmith and Fulham	77	79	69	100	74	82
Haringey	78	85	74		83	80
Islington	73	71	65		79	77
Kensington and Chelsea	80	83	77		79	84
Lambeth	76	75	72	88	79	80
Lewisham	78	81	73	81	80	81
Newham	79	83	77		85	74
Southwark	76	82	75	90	70	79
Tower Hamlets	75	75	77		78	74
Wandsworth	80	82	71	88	73	85
Westminster	77	79	80	100	80	78
Barking and Dagenham	75	80	78		73	71
Barnet	74	80	68	84	72	77
Bexley	80	89	86		81	78
Brent	74	78	72		78	74
Bromley	79	87	81		78	79
Croydon	74	84	69		74	74
Ealing	72	74	62	100	78	76
Enfield	72	85	68	81	76	72
Greenwich	82	89	84		82	79
Harrow	77	85	67		76	71
Havering	77	86	74		76	77
Hillingdon	75	81	73		77	72
Hounslow	79	86	72	85	81	76
Kingston upon Thames	75	77	55	86	72	75
Merton	73	79	70		68	72
Redbridge	76	81	67		75	72
Richmond upon Thames	79	78	79	100	77	79
Sutton	76	87	68		81	73
Waltham Forest	80	82	77	84	81	80
Bracknell Forest	76	87	61		84	75
Brighton and Hove	74	69	67		74	74
Buckinghamshire	72	67	71	84	71	74
East Sussex	75	84	72		75	75
Hampshire	77	80	71	88	77	77
Isle of Wight	73				73	73
Kent	78	83	81	88	82	77
Medway	75	82	85	100	79	74
Milton Keynes	72	79	70	85	74	71
Oxfordshire	71	63	68	91	71	72
Portsmouth	71	72	69	100	71	71
Reading	74	73	72	100	72	75
Slough	76	81	72		74	71
Southampton	74	76	67	85	75	75
Surrey	76	80	76	91	78	76
West Berkshire	72	75	85	100	81	72
West Sussex	65	74	53	88	65	64
Windsor and Maidenhead	78	77	67		81	79
Wokingham	79	82	74		81	78
Bath and North East Somerset	73	79	60	100	74	73
Bournemouth	71	72	79		74	71
Bristol, City of	70	64	60		66	73
Cornwall	71	78		100	77	71
Devon	70	75	50		70	70
Dorset	68	63	70		73	68
Gloucestershire	69	77	65		70	69
Isles of Scilly
North Somerset	76	79			84	76
Plymouth	69		62		66	69
Poole	76	84	54	100	78	76
Somerset	73	70	36	67	74	73
South Gloucestershire	75	80	75	84	74	75
Swindon	70	77	68		71	69
Torbay	70	76			78	69
Wiltshire	71	84	69	84	74	71

Data withheld to protect confidentiality

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Summary of Mathematics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and area Summary

This data shows that:

• pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Hackney and Greenwich in London, and were least likely to meet it in Liverpool in the North West

• Asian pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Halton in the North West, and least likely to meet it in Redcar and Cleveland in the North East, and Calderdale in Yorkshire and the Humber

• Black pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Cumbria in the North West, and least likely to meet it in Somerset in the South West

• 100% of Chinese pupils met the expected standard in 24 local authorities; they were least likely to meet it in Luton in the East of England

• Mixed pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Darlington in the North East, and least likely to meet it in Hartlepool in the North East

• White pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Wandsworth in London, and least likely to meet it in Leicester in the East Midlands

5. Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and gender

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Percentage of pupils meeting the expected and higher standard in mathematics by ethnicity and gender

	Boys		Girls
Ethnicity	Boys Expected standard	Boys Higher standard	Girls Expected standard	Girls Higher standard
All	72	19	74	16
Asian	73	21	76	19
Bangladeshi	72	20	75	17
Indian	81	30	84	27
Pakistani	68	15	69	12
Asian other	76	26	80	23
Black	69	18	74	15
Black African	71	19	76	17
Black Caribbean	64	12	68	11
Black other	67	15	70	14
Chinese	88	43	89	36
Mixed	72	21	75	17
Mixed White/Asian	78	27	80	22
Mixed White/Black African	73	20	75	15
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	66	14	68	12
Mixed other	73	23	76	19
White	72	19	73	16
White British	72	19	74	16
White Irish	75	22	76	18
White Irish Traveller	32	2	35	2
White Gypsy/Roma	28	3	30	1
White other	71	19	72	15
Any other	70	18	70	15

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Summary of Mathematics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and gender Summary

This data shows that:

• across all ethnic groups, 74% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 72% of boys, and 16% of girls met the higher standard, compared with 19% of boys

• girls were more likely to meet the expected standard than boys within all groups except those pupils from Any Other ethnic background, where they were equally likely to meet it

• boys were more likely to meet the higher standard than girls across all groups except for Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils, where they were equally likely to meet it

• 74% of White British girls met the expected standard, compared with 72% of White British boys; 19% of White British boys met the higher standard, compared with 16% of White British girls

• Chinese girls were most likely to meet the expected standard, at 89%, and Chinese boys were most likely to meet the higher standard, at 43%

• Gypsy/Roma boys were least likely to meet the expected standard, at 28%, and Gypsy/Roma girls were least likely to meet the higher standard, at 1%

• some of the highest achieving groups also saw the biggest attainment gaps between girls and boys: for the expected standard, Black African girls outperformed boys by 5 percentage points, and for the higher standard, Chinese boys outperformed girls by 7 percentage points

6. Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender, and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard for mathematics by ethnicity, gender, and eligibility for free school meals

Ethnicity	FSM Boys	FSM Girls	Non-FSM Boys	Non-FSM Girls
All	56	59	74	76
Asian	64	66	75	77
Bangladeshi	65	70	74	76
Indian	71	70	82	85
Pakistani	60	63	69	71
Asian other	68	69	77	81
Black	61	68	72	75
Black African	63	71	74	78
Black Caribbean	55	62	68	71
Black other	58	66	70	71
Chinese	81	81	88	89
Mixed	60	62	76	78
Mixed White/Asian	61	65	81	82
Mixed White/Black African	62	64	76	78
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	57	60	70	72
Mixed other	64	63	76	80
White	54	56	75	76
White British	54	57	75	77
White Irish	50	56	79	79
White Irish Traveller	32	34	31	37
White Gypsy/Roma	26	34	29	29
White other	61	60	72	73
Other	64	66	72	72

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Summary of Mathematics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender, and eligibility for free school meals (FSM) Summary

Eligibility for free school meals (FSM) is used as an indicator of deprivation by the Department for Education. For more about who qualifies for FSM, see the Methodology section.

The data shows that:

• in 2015/16 there were 97,397 pupils eligible for FSM in key stage 1 (15% of all pupils)

• overall, across all ethnic groups, 59% of FSM-eligible girls met the expected standard compared with 56% of FSM-eligible boys

• 57% of White British FSM-eligible girls met the expected standard, compared with 54% of White British FSM-eligible boys

• of all FSM-eligible pupils, Gypsy/Roma boys were least likely to meet the expected standard (26% did so) and Chinese boys and girls were most likely to (81% of both these groups did so)

• the biggest attainment gap between FSM-eligible boys and girls, at 8 percentage points, was found among Black African pupils, at 63% and 71% respectively; pupils from any other Black background, at 58% and 66% respectively, and Gypsy/Roma pupils, at 26% and 34% respectively

7. Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, area and gender

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard for mathematics by ethnicity, area and gender

	All		Asian		Black		Chinese		Mixed		White
Local authority	All Boys	All Girls	Asian Boys	Asian Girls	Black Boys	Black Girls	Chinese Boys	Chinese Girls	Mixed Boys	Mixed Girls	White Boys	White Girls
Barking and Dagenham	73	77	78	83	75	82			72	75	70	72
Barnet	75	74	81	79	68	67	80	87	72	72	78	75
Barnsley	68	74							78	61	68	74
Bath and North East Somerset	73	73					100	100	67	82	74	72
Bedford	71	70	63	68	66	72		100	67	71	74	71
Bexley	80	80	86	91	88	85	100		79	82	77	78
Birmingham	66	69	68	69	67	68			64	69	65	69
Blackburn with Darwen	74	74	74	75					62	71	75	75
Blackpool	74	74	64	65					67	84	74	74
Bolton	72	72	75	76	66	60			71	70	72	73
Bournemouth	72	70	74	69			100		75	73	71	70
Bracknell Forest	77	74	85	90	63	59		100	89	79	76	73
Bradford	69	72	71	73	60	62		100	65	75	68	70
Brent	74	75	79	78	71	73		100	74	82	74	74
Brighton and Hove	74	73	81	61	63	71	100		77	71	74	74
Bristol, City of	69	72	65	63	58	62		100	65	66	72	75
Bromley	79	79	85	89	78	84	100		74	83	79	78
Buckinghamshire	72	72	69	64	69	73	100	64	70	73	73	74
Bury	70	72	70	67	64	67	100	100	63	77	70	73
Calderdale	64	67	51	54	56	44			70	63	67	70
Cambridgeshire	71	72	70	70	60	63			67	78	71	72
Camden	75	74	69	75	68	69			79	71	80	75
Central Bedfordshire	74	77	71	93	74	71		100	70	66	75	78
Cheshire East	71	71	77	65					76	57	70	72
Cheshire West and Chester	68	71	60	90			100	100	78	79	68	71
City of London
Cornwall	71	72					100	100	80	74	70	72
County Durham	73	77						100	79	74	73	77
Coventry	69	70	76	78	64	72		100	69	72	68	67
Croydon	73	75	81	88	66	72	100		72	75	75	73
Cumbria	65	68	84	78			100		57	74	66	68
Darlington	75	76	65	67							75	76
Derby	63	66	65	70	62	75			64	71	63	64
Derbyshire	72	74	85	75	67	67			67	77	72	74
Devon	69	71	71	81	43	57	100		72	67	69	71
Doncaster	69	71	68	67	53	64			63	76	70	71
Dorset	68	68	65	60					64	80	68	68
Dudley	70	74	70	72	72	76		100	72	78	70	74
Ealing	72	72	73	76	63	61	100	100	77	79	76	75
East Riding of Yorkshire	73	76							69	82	73	75
East Sussex	74	77	84	85				100	70	81	74	76
Enfield	71	73	85	85	65	71			74	77	72	72
Essex	73	76	79	85	72	77			75	74	73	76
Gateshead	74	75	73	72					82	71	74	75
Gloucestershire	69	69	74	81	56	72			72	68	69	69
Greenwich	81	83	87	90	83	84			82	83	78	81
Hackney	80	84	85	85	74	81			84	86	82	85
Halton	64	64							79	61	65	64
Hammersmith and Fulham	77	77	78	80	69	69			76	72	82	82
Hampshire	76	78	80	81	65	77	86	88	76	78	76	78
Haringey	78	79	80	90	71	76		100	83	82	80	79
Harrow	75	80	83	88	65	69		100	80	71	68	74
Hartlepool	70	73	74	67					57	56	69	74
Havering	76	78	82	91	69	79		100	74	78	77	77
Herefordshire, County of	75	74							83	82	75	74
Hertfordshire	76	77	77	82	76	74			78	79	76	77
Hillingdon	74	77	77	85	74	72			74	80	71	73
Hounslow	79	79	84	87	69	75			84	78	77	76
Isle of Wight	72	73		100							73	73
Isles of Scilly
Islington	74	73	70	72	66	64			78	80	78	75
Kensington and Chelsea	78	82	80	86	74	82			69	87	84	84
Kent	77	79	84	82	77	85	83	91	81	84	76	78
Kingston upon Hull, City of	71	73	88	68	50	63			77	82	71	74
Kingston upon Thames	76	74	80	74	53	56			74	70	75	74
Kirklees	70	71	67	69	67	71			63	71	72	72
Knowsley	66	67						100	76	65	66	67
Lambeth	75	77	68	83	71	73			78	81	79	80
Lancashire	72	73	71	69	70	88	80	100	66	74	72	74
Leeds	64	65	65	63	53	62	84	73	60	57	65	66
Leicester	65	67	72	74	65	70	100		63	65	60	60
Leicestershire	72	72	81	75	59	74			76	69	71	72
Lewisham	77	79	84	78	71	75	82	81	80	79	80	83
Lincolnshire	69	73						100	80	81	69	73
Liverpool	61	64	69	71	63	60	67	89	57	70	61	64
Luton	68	71	68	72	65	70			74	75	70	70
Manchester	69	72	68	74	67	75	92	94	74	71	70	71
Medway	74	77	88	75	79	91			80	79	72	76
Merton	72	74	79	78	66	74			68	69	72	73
Middlesbrough	63	66	63	67	81	76			64	64	65	66
Milton Keynes	71	73	77	81	69	70			70	77	70	72
Newcastle upon Tyne	72	75	71	76	65	80	82	100	78	83	73	74
Newham	77	81	82	85	73	81	100		82	88	74	74
Norfolk	73	75	77	89	65	62	100		73	75	73	75
North East Lincolnshire	71	74	100						84	75	70	74
North Lincolnshire	75	79	76	92							76	79
North Somerset	76	77							83	84	76	77
North Tyneside	75	75	76	76			57	100	78	67	75	75
North Yorkshire	71	70	72	79	50	57			66	69	71	70
Northamptonshire	69	71	76	77	63	71		100	69	71	69	71
Northumberland	75	78							77	67	75	78
Nottingham	67	69	71	75	66	74	100		67	68	66	68
Nottinghamshire	70	72	70	69	48	70			74	66	71	72
Oldham	63	66	59	64	45	58			65	66	67	70
Oxfordshire	71	71	63	62	69	66			70	72	71	72
Peterborough	67	71	64	70	65	79			70	65	69	72
Plymouth	70	68		100	57	64			72	62	70	68
Poole	76	76	82	86	57	50	100		78	77	76	76
Portsmouth	68	73	69	76	70	68	100	100	69	73	69	73
Reading	72	75	70	76	72	71	100	100	73	71	73	77
Redbridge	75	77	81	81	68	67		100	72	79	71	73
Redcar and Cleveland	73	78									74	78
Richmond upon Thames	79	78	77	80	79	79	100	100	76	77	79	79
Rochdale	68	72	68	68	63	55			77	69	68	75
Rotherham	69	73	66	77	62	59	100	50	63	76	70	73
Rutland	78	78									79	80
Salford	72	74	70	71	64	75		100	73	75	74	75
Sandwell	66	70	71	74	62	68		100	68	73	65	68
Sefton	72	75	73	75			100		61	84	72	75
Sheffield	69	74	66	72	70	73			66	73	71	74
Shropshire	70	68							69	78	70	68
Slough	77	76	81	81	65	80			77	71	73	70
Solihull	76	76	79	77	74	74	100		74	77	75	76
Somerset	72	74	60	83					69	80	73	74
South Gloucestershire	75	75	85	75	73	76			69	78	74	75
South Tyneside	76	79	90	83					74	60	76	80
Southampton	73	76	73	80	71	64			76	74	73	76
Southend-on-Sea	72	76	71	86	69	63	100	100	69	73	72	76
Southwark	75	77	82	82	72	78			67	74	80	77
St. Helens	66	69					100		59	72	66	69
Staffordshire	74	76	76	75	56	81	100		74	75	74	77
Stockport	73	74	75	74	63	72			74	80	73	73
Stockton-on-Tees	73	78	70	83	67	73	100		68	81	74	78
Stoke-on-Trent	67	73	63	76	67	77		100	64	81	68	72
Suffolk	71	71	79	66	69	64			71	71	71	72
Sunderland	74	78	68	79	57	100	100		65	76	74	78
Surrey	75	77	80	79	80	73			75	81	75	77
Sutton	74	77	86	87	71	65			83	79	71	76
Swindon	68	71	76	79	62	76			64	79	68	70
Tameside	68	72	67	62	68	67			70	77	68	73
Telford and Wrekin	74	78	65	76	81	84			78	63	74	79
Thurrock	75	75	75	84	76	85			73	74	75	72
Torbay	66	73									66	72
Tower Hamlets	73	78	74	77	74	81			71	85	71	78
Trafford	77	78	73	82	75	82			71	72	78	77
Wakefield	69	74	60	75	59	75	100		70	78	69	74
Walsall	69	73	71	76	75	72		100	64	74	69	73
Waltham Forest	78	81	82	82	72	82			82	80	78	81
Wandsworth	80	80	80	85	70	73			77	69	86	85
Warrington	75	77	75	74				100	77	73	75	77
Warwickshire	73	75	80	83	61	81			76	74	73	75
West Berkshire	73	72	69	82					71	91	73	70
West Sussex	64	65	73	75	59	48			66	63	63	65
Westminster	76	77	77	81	80	80	100	100	77	83	78	78
Wigan	72	75	69	70	67	65		100	79	83	72	75
Wiltshire	71	71	86	82	65	74			74	74	71	71
Windsor and Maidenhead	79	77	75	79					84	79	80	77
Wirral	67	73	79	79					75	85	67	72
Wokingham	78	80	80	84	76	71		100	87	74	77	80
Wolverhampton	68	73	71	76	74	80		100	67	76	67	70
Worcestershire	69	71	61	55					69	71	70	72
York	72	71	77	79				100	67	75	72	71

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Summary of Mathematics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Mathematics attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, area and gender Summary

The data for the expected standard shows that:

• overall, girls outperformed boys in around two-thirds of local authorities

• for Asian pupils, the largest attainment gap was in Cheshire West in the North West, where 90% of girls met the expected standard, compared with only 60% of boys

• for Black pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Sunderland in the North East, where 100% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 57% of boys

• for Chinese pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in North Tyneside in the North East, where 100% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 57% of boys

• for pupils of Mixed ethnicity, the biggest attainment gap was in Sefton in the North West, where 84% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 61% of boys

• for White pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Tower Hamlets in London, where 78% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 71% of boys, and in Rochdale in the North West, where 75% of girls met the expected standard compared with 68% of boys

• please be aware except for the information for White pupils, the statistics quoted for attainment by ethnicity, gender and local authority are based on small numbers of pupils and are highly variable over time

8. Methodology

The key stage 1 dataset is compiled using information matched together from 3 data sources:

• key stage 1 teacher assessment results
• prior attainment results in phonics
• school census records

Key stage 1 results received from local authorities are combined with pupil characteristics from the school census. Records are matched using identifiers such as surname, forename, date of birth, unique pupil number, gender and postcode. This successfully matches around 98% of results.

Key stage 1 assessment results are not published at school level. The coverage of the local authority and regional statistics is for state-funded mainstream schools only in England. This includes schools and academies but excludes hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision.

The information is collected from 16,337 schools (approximately 650,000 pupils).

Pupils are included in the figures for free school meals (FSM) if their families have claimed eligibility for FSM at the time of the annual spring school census. This FSM definition includes all who were eligible to receive FSM, not only those who actually received FSM. Pupils not eligible for FSM or unclassified pupils are described as ‘non-FSM’ or ‘all other pupils’.

Parents are able to claim FSM if they receive a qualifying benefit.

FSM is used as an indicator of disadvantage, but when drawing conclusions, it should be remembered that not all eligible parents apply for FSM. Families who don’t quite reach the eligibility threshold for FSM may still be suffering deprivation.

Any pupils who do not have a valid key stage 1 outcome for a subject are excluded from the calculations for that subject and do not appear in the number of eligible pupils or in the outcome percentages. For reading, writing and mathematics, the valid outcomes are:

• below the pre-key stage standard
• foundations for the expected standard
• working towards the expected standard
• working at the expected standard
• working at greater depth within the expected standard
• absent
• disapplied

For science, the valid outcomes are:

• has not met the expected standard
• working at the expected standard
• absent
• disapplied

Pupils with an outcome of ‘absent’ or ‘disapplied’ are included to ensure complete coverage of the cohort. In the 2016 data, there were no pupils with maladministration in any subject.

Suppression rules and disclosure control

Values of 1 or 2 or a percentage based on 1 or 2 pupils who achieved, or did not achieve, a particular standard are suppressed. Some additional figures may be suppressed to prevent the possibility of a suppressed figure being revealed. This suppression is consistent with DfE’s statistical policy statement on confidentiality (PDF opens in a new window or tab) (PDF) .

Figures for the Isles of Scilly and City of London are suppressed in DfE’s key stage 2 provisional Statistical First Release as these local authorities have a single school and DfE do not publish school-level information in the performance tables at the time of the provisional release. These figures are unsuppressed in the revised release as school-level figures are already published in the performance tables.

Regional eligible pupil figures are rounded to the nearest 10 so that it is not possible to derive figures for these local authorities by summing the figures for the other local authorities in the region.

In the school-level data, any figures relating to a cohort of 5 pupils or fewer are suppressed. This applies to sub-groups of pupils as well as the whole cohort. For example, if there were five boys and three girls in a school, DfE would not publish attainment for boys or girls separately but would publish attainment for all pupils as this is based on 8 pupils. The Code of Practice for Official Statistics requires DfE to take reasonable steps to ensure that their published or disseminated statistics protect confidentiality.

For more information about DfE’s disclosure control procedures for its statistical releases please see DfE’s statistical policy statement on confidentiality (PDF opens in a new window or tab) (PDF).

Rounding

All charts, tables and downloads are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Related publications

Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2016

Quality and methodology information

9. Data sources

Source

Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Type of data

Administrative data

Type of statistic

National Statistics

Publisher

Department for Education

Publication frequency

Yearly

Purpose of data source

This data provides results for the 2016 phonics screening checks and key stage 1 national curriculum assessments for pupils in schools in England. The results are used to monitor pupils’ attainment and progress in reading, writing, science and mathematics.

10. Download the data

Higher standard in maths for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) - national - Spreadsheet (csv) 13 KB

This file contains: ethnicity, year, gender, denominator

Expected standard in maths for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) - national - Spreadsheet (csv) 59 KB

This file contains: ethnicity, year, gender, FSM status, denominator

Expected standard in maths for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) - local authority - Spreadsheet (csv) 575 KB

This file contains: ethnicity, year, gender, denominator, region, local authority

Publication release date: 10 October 2017

Updated: 4 March 2018

full page history

1. 4 March 2018 Minor updates for style and accuracy
2. 10 October 2017 First published

From: Department for Education

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