Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1)
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1. Main facts and figures
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in 2015/16, there were 652,250 pupils at the end of year 1, of which ethnicity was known for 643,163 (99%)
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76% were White, 10% were Asian, 6% were Black, 6% were Mixed, 2% were from the any Other ethnic group and 0.5% were Chinese
The data for expected standards in phonics shows that:
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81% of all pupils met the phonics expected standard at the end of year 1 (ages 5 to 6)
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in every ethnic group, FSM-eligible pupils were less likely to meet the expected standard than other pupils, except Gypsy/Roma pupils
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in every ethnic group, girls did better than boys
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Indian boys and girls were most likely to meet the expected standard, at 87% and 92% respectively
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Gypsy/Roma boys and girls were the group least likely to meet the expected standard, at 33% and 41% respectively
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91% of all pupils had met the expected standard by the end of year 2 (ages 6 to 7)
Things you need to know
Results are presented for the academic year 2015/16. The data includes pupils in year 1 in 2015/16 who took and passed the phonics test. It also includes pupils in year 2 in 2015/16 who were retaking the test because they were missed, or had failed it, in year 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.
In the published ‘statistical first release’ (SFR) for phonics attainments, key stage 1, the Department of Education (DfE) has ‘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 come to light, information is excluded, or 'suppressed', to preserve confidentiality. This is consistent with DfE’s statistical policy statement on confidentiality (PDF opens in a new window or tab).
What the data measures
This data measures the percentage of pupils who met the phonics expected standard at the end of year 1 and the end of year 2 in key stage 1 (when children are aged 5 to 7). The data covers the academic year 2015/16 (September 2015 to July 2016).
The phonics approach helps children to learn to read by teaching them the sounds made by letters in the English language. They can then combine these sounds into words, for both reading and writing.
All pupils in state-funded schools take the phonics screening checks at the end of year 1 to see if they’ve reached the expected standard. Pupils who don’t meet the standard, or who weren’t checked, are checked again at the end of year 2.
The test consists of 20 real words and 20 made-up words that pupils read out loud to a teacher.
The data is published in the Department for Education’s statistical publication, Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments.
The ethnic categories used in this data
This data uses categories from the Department of Education’s school census, which is broadly based on the 2001 national census, with three exceptions:
- Travellers of Irish Heritage and Gypsy/Roma children have been separated into two 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 categories where possible and when the data is available. The 6 broad categories used are as follows:
- White
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
- Asian/Asian British
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
- Other ethnic group
- Chinese
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 these levels.
The 5 broad categories are as follows:
- White
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
- Asian/Asian British
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
- Chinese
2. Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity
Ethnicity | Year 1 | Year 2 |
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All | 81 | 91 |
Asian | 84 | 93 |
Bangladeshi | 82 | 92 |
Indian | 89 | 95 |
Pakistani | 81 | 92 |
Asian other | 85 | 93 |
Black | 82 | 91 |
Black African | 84 | 92 |
Black Caribbean | 79 | 90 |
Black other | 80 | 89 |
Chinese | 88 | 94 |
Mixed | 82 | 92 |
Mixed White/Asian | 85 | 94 |
Mixed White/Black African | 82 | 92 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 78 | 90 |
Mixed other | 83 | 92 |
White | 80 | 91 |
White British | 81 | 92 |
White Irish | 81 | 91 |
White Irish Traveller | 41 | 60 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 37 | 60 |
White other | 78 | 89 |
Other | 79 | 89 |
Unknown | 58 | 73 |
Download table data for ‘Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity’ (CSV)
Summary of Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity Summary
The data shows that:
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81% of all pupils in England met the expected standard at the end of year 1 (aged 5 to 6), and 91% by the end of year 2 (aged 6 to 7)
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Indian pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard both at the end of year 1 and at the end of year 2 – 89% and 95% did so in each year respectively
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Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard at the end of year 1 – 37% did so
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both Gypsy/Roma and Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard at the end of year 2 – 60% did so
3. Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and free school meals (FSM)
Ethnicity | FSM | Non-FSM |
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% | % | |
All | 69 | 83 |
Asian | 78 | 85 |
Bangladeshi | 78 | 83 |
Indian | 81 | 89 |
Pakistani | 76 | 81 |
Asian other | 80 | 85 |
Black | 78 | 84 |
Black African | 80 | 85 |
Black Caribbean | 74 | 81 |
Black other | 74 | 81 |
Chinese | 77 | 89 |
Mixed | 73 | 85 |
Mixed White/Asian | 72 | 87 |
Mixed White/Black African | 77 | 83 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 70 | 81 |
Mixed other | 73 | 85 |
White | 66 | 82 |
White British | 66 | 83 |
White Irish | 60 | 84 |
White Irish Traveller | 35 | 47 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 37 | 37 |
White other | 69 | 79 |
Other | 76 | 80 |
Download table data for ‘Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and free school meals (FSM)’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and free school meals (FSM)’ (CSV)
Summary of Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and free school meals (FSM) Summary
Eligibility for FSM is used as an indicator of deprivation by the Department of Education. For more about who qualifies for FSM, see Methodology.
The data shows that:
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across all ethnic groups, FSM-eligible pupils were less likely to meet the expected standard than other pupils, except Gypsy/Roma pupils
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69% of FSM-eligible pupils met the expected standard, compared to 83% not eligible (a gap of 14 percentage points)
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among all FSM-eligible pupils, Indian children were most likely to meet the expected standard – 81% did so
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FSM-eligible pupils from a Traveller of Irish Heritage Background were least likely to meet the expected standard (35%)
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the biggest gap in attainment, at 24 percentage points, was found among Irish pupils, where 60% of FSM-eligible pupils met the expected standard compared to 84% of those not eligible
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for White British children, the attainment gap between pupils eligible for FSM and those not eligible was 83% and 66% respectively (a gap of 17 percentage points)
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for Gypsy/Roma pupils, there was no difference in attainment between those eligible for FSM and those not eligible (both at 37%)
4. Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and area
Local authority | All | Asian | Chinese | Black | Mixed | White |
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% | % | % | % | % | % | |
County Durham | 82 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 82 |
Darlington | 86 | 76 | 100 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 |
Gateshead | 80 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | 87 | 80 |
Hartlepool | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 100 | 73 | 85 |
Middlesbrough | 74 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 72 | 74 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 81 | 82 | 78 | 88 | 86 | 81 |
North Tyneside | 81 | 71 | 77 | 73 | 92 | 81 |
Northumberland | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 84 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 82 |
South Tyneside | 81 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 91 | 81 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 83 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 77 | 84 |
Sunderland | 81 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 88 | 81 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 81 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 94 | 77 |
Blackpool | 80 | 80 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 91 | 80 |
Bolton | 80 | 87 | 100 | 77 | 85 | 79 |
Bury | 82 | 79 | 100 | 84 | 86 | 83 |
Cheshire East | 82 | 89 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 83 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 79 | 78 | 67 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 80 |
Cumbria | 77 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 77 |
Halton | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 76 |
Knowsley | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 67 | 66 | 78 |
Lancashire | 81 | 79 | 86 | 83 | 82 | 81 |
Liverpool | 75 | 74 | 82 | 79 | 76 | 76 |
Manchester | 78 | 80 | 90 | 84 | 79 | 78 |
Oldham | 76 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 82 | 78 |
Rochdale | 82 | 82 | 100 | 84 | 86 | 83 |
Salford | 79 | 84 | 100 | 83 | 85 | 79 |
Sefton | 78 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 78 | 78 |
St. Helens | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 79 |
Stockport | 82 | 79 | 83 | 79 | 81 | 82 |
Tameside | 77 | 82 | 79 | 74 | 78 | 77 |
Trafford | 85 | 82 | 93 | 77 | 81 | 87 |
Warrington | 83 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 83 |
Wigan | 83 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 91 | 83 |
Wirral | 80 | 77 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 80 |
Barnsley | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 80 | 79 |
Bradford | 79 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 76 | 78 |
Calderdale | 82 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 82 |
Doncaster | 78 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 78 | 77 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 81 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 81 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 77 | 80 | 100 | 68 | 81 | 77 |
Kirklees | 78 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 78 | 78 |
Leeds | 77 | 79 | 86 | 75 | 75 | 77 |
North East Lincolnshire | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 100 | 87 | 79 |
North Lincolnshire | 83 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 82 | 83 |
North Yorkshire | 78 | 78 | 100 | 74 | 83 | 78 |
Rotherham | 79 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 79 |
Sheffield | 77 | 78 | 81 | 77 | 78 | 78 |
Wakefield | 77 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 85 | 76 |
York | 82 | 86 | 63 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 82 |
Derby | 78 | 84 | 81 | 84 | 75 | 78 |
Derbyshire | 79 | 84 | 80 | 86 | 80 | 79 |
Leicester | 77 | 83 | 69 | 80 | 79 | 71 |
Leicestershire | 80 | 86 | 85 | 90 | 81 | 80 |
Lincolnshire | 83 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 83 |
Northamptonshire | 81 | 83 | 87 | 83 | 83 | 81 |
Nottingham | 75 | 80 | 84 | 80 | 78 | 74 |
Nottinghamshire | 77 | 84 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 77 |
Rutland | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 |
Birmingham | 79 | 82 | 89 | 81 | 81 | 78 |
Coventry | 79 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 80 | 77 |
Dudley | 79 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 78 | 79 |
Herefordshire, County of | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 81 |
Sandwell | 79 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 79 | 78 |
Shropshire | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 81 |
Solihull | 84 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 84 | 83 |
Staffordshire | 83 | 91 | 87 | 85 | 85 | 83 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 80 | 84 | 82 | 74 | 83 | 80 |
Telford and Wrekin | 84 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 93 | 87 | 84 |
Walsall | 82 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 83 | 82 |
Warwickshire | 82 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 94 | 81 | 82 |
Wolverhampton | 79 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 79 | 77 |
Worcestershire | 81 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 85 | 81 |
Bedford | 75 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 73 | 75 |
Cambridgeshire | 78 | 81 | 89 | 78 | 80 | 78 |
Central Bedfordshire | 81 | 90 | 100 | 90 | 86 | 80 |
Essex | 81 | 91 | 88 | 86 | 83 | 81 |
Hertfordshire | 83 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 84 | 82 |
Luton | 78 | 81 | 75 | 82 | 76 | 77 |
Norfolk | 78 | 84 | 90 | 79 | 76 | 78 |
Peterborough | 77 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 79 | 75 |
Southend-on-Sea | 80 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 80 | 80 |
Suffolk | 79 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 78 | 79 |
Thurrock | 83 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 90 | 85 | 81 |
Camden | 80 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 83 | 80 |
City of London | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality |
Hackney | 85 | 89 | 87 | 84 | 85 | 86 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 85 | 91 | 100 | 83 | 86 | 86 |
Haringey | 82 | 84 | 80 | 83 | 88 | 82 |
Islington | 80 | 75 | 100 | 79 | 81 | 81 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 87 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 85 | 88 |
Lambeth | 84 | 88 | 86 | 83 | 85 | 85 |
Lewisham | 83 | 86 | 86 | 83 | 83 | 84 |
Newham | 87 | 90 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 84 |
Southwark | 82 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 84 | 84 |
Tower Hamlets | 81 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 79 | 77 |
Wandsworth | 85 | 88 | 84 | 82 | 83 | 87 |
Westminster | 88 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 88 | 88 |
Barking and Dagenham | 81 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 79 | 77 |
Barnet | 81 | 84 | 92 | 81 | 83 | 83 |
Bexley | 85 | 92 | 93 | 90 | 84 | 82 |
Brent | 82 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 83 | 83 |
Bromley | 86 | 92 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 85 |
Croydon | 79 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 80 | 78 |
Ealing | 82 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 84 | 84 |
Enfield | 79 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 82 | 76 |
Greenwich | 84 | 86 | 92 | 87 | 89 | 82 |
Harrow | 84 | 88 | 100 | 82 | 88 | 79 |
Havering | 85 | 89 | 100 | 85 | 86 | 84 |
Hillingdon | 83 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 86 | 79 |
Hounslow | 84 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 86 | 83 |
Kingston upon Thames | 87 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 85 | 87 |
Merton | 80 | 84 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 78 |
Redbridge | 80 | 86 | 86 | 79 | 79 | 75 |
Richmond upon Thames | 89 | 93 | 90 | 86 | 90 | 89 |
Sutton | 82 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 82 | 81 |
Waltham Forest | 83 | 86 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 82 |
Bracknell Forest | 84 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 93 | 86 | 83 |
Brighton and Hove | 79 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 80 |
Buckinghamshire | 81 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 81 | 82 |
East Sussex | 81 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 82 | 81 |
Hampshire | 81 | 85 | 85 | 81 | 87 | 81 |
Isle of Wight | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 76 |
Kent | 82 | 88 | 93 | 89 | 86 | 81 |
Medway | 82 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 88 | 81 |
Milton Keynes | 81 | 87 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 |
Oxfordshire | 80 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 81 | 80 |
Portsmouth | 81 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 87 | 81 |
Reading | 79 | 84 | 100 | 84 | 80 | 77 |
Slough | 81 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 78 | 75 |
Southampton | 82 | 85 | 100 | 83 | 85 | 81 |
Surrey | 82 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 86 | 82 |
West Berkshire | 80 | 92 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 80 |
West Sussex | 77 | 78 | 100 | 74 | 79 | 77 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 81 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | 83 | 80 |
Wokingham | 83 | 91 | 100 | 78 | 84 | 82 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 79 | 77 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 79 |
Bournemouth | 81 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 80 |
Bristol, City of | 78 | 78 | 79 | 73 | 76 | 80 |
Cornwall | 80 | 73 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 80 |
Devon | 82 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 82 |
Dorset | 80 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 80 |
Gloucestershire | 80 | 88 | 83 | 77 | 82 | 80 |
Isles of Scilly | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality |
North Somerset | 83 | 84 | 63 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 83 |
Plymouth | 80 | 83 | 77 | 81 | 82 | 80 |
Poole | 83 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 83 |
Somerset | 78 | 75 | 67 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | 79 |
South Gloucestershire | 81 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 82 | 81 |
Swindon | 76 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 83 | 76 |
Torbay | 81 | 75 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 81 |
Wiltshire | 78 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 80 | 78 |
Download table data for ‘Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and area’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and area’ (CSV)
Summary of Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and area Summary
The data shows that:
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across all ethnic groups, pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Richmond upon Thames in London (89%)
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across all ethnic groups, pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard in Middlesbrough in the North East (74%)
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White pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Richmond upon Thames in London (89%) and least likely in Leicester in the East Midlands (71%)
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Asian pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Richmond upon Thames in London and Warrington in the North West (93% for both) and least likely to meet the expected standard in North Tyneside in the North East (71%)
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Mixed race pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Blackburn with Darwen in the North West (94%) and least likely to meet the expected standard in Knowsley in the North West (66%)
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100% of Black pupils met the expected standard in Darlington and Hartlepool in the North East, North East Lincolnshire in Yorkshire and The Humber and Rutland in the East Midlands
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Black pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard in Knowsley and Blackburn with Darwen in the North West (67% for both)
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100% of Chinese pupils met the expected standard in 23 out of 81 local authorities, where data is available
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Chinese pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard in North Somerset in the South West and York in Yorkshire and The Humber (63% in both local authorities)
5. Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and gender
Boys | Girls | |||
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Ethnicity | Boys Year 1 | Boys Year 2 | Girls Year 1 | Girls Year 2 |
All | 77 | 89 | 84 | 93 |
Asian | 81 | 91 | 87 | 95 |
Bangladeshi | 78 | 90 | 86 | 94 |
Indian | 87 | 94 | 92 | 96 |
Pakistani | 77 | 90 | 85 | 94 |
Asian other | 82 | 91 | 88 | 95 |
Black | 78 | 89 | 86 | 94 |
Black African | 80 | 90 | 87 | 94 |
Black Caribbean | 74 | 88 | 84 | 93 |
Black other | 75 | 87 | 84 | 92 |
Chinese | 86 | 92 | 90 | 95 |
Mixed | 78 | 90 | 86 | 94 |
Mixed White/Asian | 82 | 93 | 89 | 96 |
Mixed White/Black African | 78 | 91 | 86 | 94 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 73 | 87 | 83 | 93 |
Mixed other | 80 | 90 | 86 | 94 |
White | 77 | 89 | 84 | 94 |
White British | 77 | 90 | 85 | 94 |
White Irish | 78 | 89 | 83 | 93 |
White Irish Traveller | 35 | 57 | 47 | 63 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 33 | 56 | 41 | 64 |
White other | 75 | 87 | 82 | 91 |
Other | 76 | 88 | 82 | 91 |
Unknown | 55 | 70 | 61 | 76 |
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Summary of Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and gender Summary
The data for pupils at the end of year 1 (aged 5 to 6) shows that:
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girls did better than boys in all ethnic groups
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Indian girls (92%) and boys (87%) did the best at the end of year 1
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the biggest gap between girls and boys was found in the Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic group, where 47% of girls met the expected standard compared to 35% of boys
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the smallest gap between girls and boys was found in the Chinese ethnic group, where 90% of girls met the expected standard compared to 86% of boys
The data for pupils at the end of year 2 (aged 6 to 7) shows that:
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girls did better than boys across all ethnic groups: 93% of girls met the expected standard compared to 89% of boys
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Mixed White and Asian and Indian girls were most likely to have met the expected standard by the end of year 2 – 96% of these groups had done so
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Gypsy/Roma boys were least likely to have met the expected standard by the end of year 2 – 56% had done so
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the biggest gap between boys and girls was found in the Gypsy/Roma ethnic group, where 64% of girls met the expected standard compared to 56% of boys
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the smallest gap between boys and girls was found in the Indian ethnic group, where 96% of girls met the expected standard compared to 94% of boys
6. Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and free school meals (FSM)
Ethnicity | Non-FSM boys | FSM boys | Non-FSM girls | FSM girls |
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% | % | % | % | |
All | 79 | 64 | 86 | 74 |
Asian | 82 | 74 | 88 | 81 |
Bangladeshi | 79 | 74 | 87 | 83 |
Indian | 87 | 79 | 92 | 84 |
Pakistani | 78 | 72 | 85 | 80 |
Asian other | 82 | 78 | 88 | 83 |
Black | 80 | 73 | 87 | 82 |
Black African | 81 | 76 | 88 | 84 |
Black Caribbean | 77 | 67 | 86 | 80 |
Black other | 77 | 69 | 86 | 78 |
Chinese | 88 | 71 | 90 | 86 |
Mixed | 81 | 67 | 88 | 78 |
Mixed White/Asian | 85 | 64 | 90 | 81 |
Mixed White/Black African | 80 | 71 | 86 | 84 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 77 | 65 | 86 | 76 |
Mixed other | 82 | 69 | 88 | 77 |
White | 79 | 60 | 86 | 71 |
White British | 80 | 60 | 87 | 72 |
White Irish | 82 | 57 | 86 | 62 |
White Irish Traveller | 40 | 30 | 53 | 41 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 33 | 31 | 40 | 44 |
White other | 75 | 65 | 82 | 74 |
Other | 77 | 74 | 83 | 78 |
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Summary of Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and free school meals (FSM) Summary
Eligibility for FSM is used as an indicator of deprivation by the Department of Education. For more about who qualifies for FSM, see Methodology.
The data at the end of year 1 shows that:
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overall, in every ethnic group, boys and girls not eligible for FSM did better than those who were eligible, except Gypsy/Roma girls where pupils on FSM did better
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within every ethnic group, girls eligible for FSM did better than boys eligible for FSM
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overall, among FSM-eligible pupils, girls out-performed boys at the end of year 1: 74% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 64% of boys
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30% of Travellers of Irish Heritage boys eligible for FSM met the expected standard (the lowest percentage of any FSM-eligible ethnic group)
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86% of Chinese girls eligible for FSM met the expected standard (the highest percentage of any FSM-eligible ethnic group)
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the biggest gap between boys and girls, at 17 percentage points, was found in the Mixed White and Asian group, where 81% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 64% of boys
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for all pupils eligible for FSM, the smallest attainment gap between boys and girls, at 4 percentage points, was found in the any Other ethnic group, where 78% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 74% of boys
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the biggest gap in phonics attainment between FSM-eligible and non-eligible pupils was found among Irish boys and girls
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in this group of Irish pupils, 82% of non-eligible boys met the expected standard compared to 57% of eligible boys (a difference of 25 percentage points); and 86% of non-eligible girls met the expected standard compared to 62% of eligible girls (a difference of 24 percentage points)
7. Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and area
All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||||||||
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Local authority | All All | All Boys | All Girls | Asian All | Asian Boys | Asian Girls | Black All | Black Boys | Black Girls | Chinese All | Chinese Boys | Chinese Girls | Mixed All | Mixed Boys | Mixed Girls | White All | White Boys | White Girls |
All - England | 81 | 77 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 87 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 90 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 80 | 77 | 84 |
Barking and Dagenham | 81 | 77 | 85 | 87 | 85 | 91 | 84 | 81 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 74 | 84 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Barnet | 81 | 77 | 85 | 84 | 81 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 86 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 83 | 80 | 87 | 83 | 80 | 87 |
Barnsley | 79 | 75 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 81 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 75 | 84 | 79 | 75 | 83 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 79 | 76 | 83 | 77 | 72 | 82 | 80 | 77 | 86 | 77 | 79 | 87 | 80 | 75 | 84 | 79 | 75 | 83 |
Bedford | 75 | 71 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 84 | 76 | 71 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 71 | 78 |
Bexley | 85 | 82 | 88 | 92 | 94 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 90 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 93 | 100 | 100 | 84 | 81 | 88 | 82 | 79 | 86 |
Birmingham | 79 | 75 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 81 | 77 | 86 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 77 | 85 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 81 | 77 | 84 | 86 | 83 | 89 | 67 | 50 | 60 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 94 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 72 | 81 |
Blackpool | 80 | 76 | 84 | 80 | 75 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 100 | 100 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Bolton | 80 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 84 | 91 | 77 | 72 | 81 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 82 | 88 | 79 | 75 | 82 |
Bournemouth | 81 | 78 | 85 | 88 | 86 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 87 | 92 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Bracknell Forest | 84 | 81 | 88 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 84 | 91 | 83 | 80 | 87 |
Bradford | 79 | 75 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 82 | 78 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 70 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Brent | 82 | 79 | 86 | 84 | 81 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 80 | 87 | 83 | 80 | 87 |
Brighton and Hove | 79 | 76 | 83 | 81 | 77 | 86 | 83 | 80 | 88 | 81 | 88 | 100 | 81 | 77 | 85 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Bristol, City of | 78 | 75 | 82 | 78 | 74 | 83 | 73 | 67 | 76 | 79 | 81 | 89 | 76 | 71 | 81 | 80 | 77 | 84 |
Bromley | 86 | 83 | 89 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 86 | 96 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 84 | 90 | 85 | 82 | 89 |
Buckinghamshire | 81 | 77 | 85 | 77 | 71 | 81 | 76 | 72 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 77 | 85 | 82 | 79 | 86 |
Bury | 82 | 78 | 85 | 79 | 74 | 83 | 84 | 80 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 83 | 89 | 83 | 79 | 86 |
Calderdale | 82 | 78 | 86 | 82 | 78 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 76 | 85 | 82 | 78 | 85 |
Cambridgeshire | 78 | 74 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 85 | 78 | 73 | 83 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 75 | 84 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Camden | 80 | 76 | 84 | 81 | 77 | 86 | 81 | 77 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 80 | 87 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Central Bedfordshire | 81 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 93 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 86 | 84 | 90 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Cheshire East | 82 | 78 | 85 | 89 | 87 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 100 | 100 | 84 | 80 | 87 | 83 | 79 | 86 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 79 | 75 | 83 | 78 | 73 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 60 | 73 | 83 | 79 | 86 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
City of London | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality |
Cornwall | 80 | 77 | 84 | 73 | 65 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 76 | 78 | 81 | 77 | 85 | 80 | 77 | 84 |
County Durham | 82 | 78 | 85 | 83 | 78 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 71 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 85 |
Coventry | 79 | 75 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 87 | 85 | 82 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 75 | 84 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Croydon | 79 | 76 | 83 | 86 | 83 | 90 | 79 | 75 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 75 | 84 | 78 | 75 | 82 |
Cumbria | 77 | 72 | 80 | 73 | 64 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 69 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Darlington | 86 | 82 | 89 | 76 | 70 | 79 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 100 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 82 | 89 |
Derby | 78 | 74 | 82 | 84 | 80 | 88 | 84 | 81 | 89 | 81 | 88 | 100 | 75 | 69 | 78 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Derbyshire | 79 | 75 | 83 | 84 | 80 | 88 | 86 | 84 | 92 | 80 | 81 | 90 | 80 | 75 | 84 | 79 | 75 | 83 |
Devon | 82 | 79 | 86 | 86 | 84 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 77 | 85 | 82 | 79 | 86 |
Doncaster | 78 | 74 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 72 | 81 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Dorset | 80 | 77 | 84 | 89 | 88 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 76 | 84 | 80 | 77 | 84 |
Dudley | 79 | 75 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 78 | 73 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 73 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 83 |
Ealing | 82 | 79 | 86 | 85 | 82 | 89 | 76 | 71 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 81 | 88 | 84 | 81 | 88 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 81 | 77 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 83 | 90 | 81 | 77 | 84 |
East Sussex | 81 | 78 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 89 | 78 | 74 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 79 | 86 | 81 | 78 | 85 |
Enfield | 79 | 76 | 83 | 91 | 91 | 100 | 79 | 75 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 78 | 86 | 76 | 72 | 80 |
Essex | 81 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 91 | 100 | 86 | 85 | 93 | 88 | 100 | 100 | 83 | 80 | 87 | 81 | 77 | 85 |
Gateshead | 80 | 76 | 84 | 74 | 65 | 75 | 75 | 69 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 84 | 91 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Gloucestershire | 80 | 77 | 84 | 88 | 87 | 92 | 77 | 73 | 83 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 82 | 79 | 86 | 80 | 77 | 84 |
Greenwich | 84 | 81 | 87 | 86 | 83 | 90 | 87 | 86 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 89 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 79 | 86 |
Hackney | 85 | 82 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 93 | 84 | 81 | 89 | 87 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 83 | 89 | 86 | 82 | 89 |
Halton | 76 | 71 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 70 | 79 | 76 | 71 | 80 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 85 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 91 | 100 | 83 | 79 | 88 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 86 | 84 | 90 | 86 | 82 | 90 |
Hampshire | 81 | 78 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 86 | 85 | 100 | 100 | 87 | 85 | 92 | 81 | 78 | 85 |
Haringey | 82 | 79 | 86 | 84 | 81 | 88 | 83 | 79 | 88 | 80 | 83 | 92 | 88 | 87 | 93 | 82 | 79 | 86 |
Harrow | 84 | 81 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 92 | 82 | 78 | 87 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 87 | 94 | 79 | 75 | 83 |
Hartlepool | 85 | 81 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 100 | 100 | 73 | 66 | 76 | 85 | 81 | 88 |
Havering | 85 | 82 | 89 | 89 | 88 | 93 | 85 | 82 | 91 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 84 | 90 | 84 | 81 | 88 |
Herefordshire, County of | 81 | 77 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 80 | 87 | 81 | 77 | 85 |
Hertfordshire | 83 | 80 | 87 | 87 | 84 | 91 | 80 | 76 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 80 | 88 | 82 | 79 | 86 |
Hillingdon | 83 | 80 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 92 | 85 | 82 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 84 | 90 | 79 | 75 | 83 |
Hounslow | 84 | 81 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 92 | 80 | 76 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 84 | 91 | 83 | 80 | 87 |
Isle of Wight | 76 | 72 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 75 | 84 | 76 | 72 | 80 |
Isles of Scilly | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality |
Islington | 80 | 76 | 84 | 75 | 68 | 77 | 79 | 75 | 84 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 81 | 77 | 85 | 81 | 77 | 85 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 87 | 85 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 95 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 83 | 89 | 88 | 86 | 91 |
Kent | 82 | 79 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 92 | 89 | 93 | 100 | 93 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 81 | 78 | 85 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 77 | 72 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 68 | 57 | 73 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 81 | 76 | 85 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Kingston upon Thames | 87 | 86 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 100 | 87 | 86 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 83 | 89 | 87 | 85 | 90 |
Kirklees | 78 | 74 | 82 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 73 | 67 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 72 | 81 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Knowsley | 78 | 74 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 56 | 67 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 66 | 64 | 68 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Lambeth | 84 | 80 | 87 | 88 | 85 | 91 | 83 | 79 | 88 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 83 | 89 | 85 | 82 | 88 |
Lancashire | 81 | 77 | 84 | 79 | 74 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 87 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 82 | 77 | 86 | 81 | 77 | 84 |
Leeds | 77 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 75 | 84 | 75 | 70 | 79 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 75 | 68 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Leicester | 77 | 73 | 81 | 83 | 79 | 87 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 69 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 83 | 71 | 67 | 75 |
Leicestershire | 80 | 76 | 84 | 86 | 83 | 90 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 77 | 85 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Lewisham | 83 | 80 | 87 | 86 | 83 | 90 | 83 | 79 | 88 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 83 | 80 | 87 | 84 | 81 | 88 |
Lincolnshire | 83 | 79 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 79 | 86 | 83 | 79 | 87 |
Liverpool | 75 | 71 | 79 | 74 | 67 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 84 | 82 | 90 | 100 | 76 | 70 | 79 | 76 | 72 | 80 |
Luton | 78 | 74 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 86 | 82 | 78 | 87 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 76 | 71 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Manchester | 78 | 74 | 82 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 89 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 79 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Medway | 82 | 79 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 92 | 89 | 100 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 88 | 100 | 81 | 78 | 85 |
Merton | 80 | 76 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 89 | 83 | 80 | 88 | 85 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 77 | 85 | 78 | 75 | 82 |
Middlesbrough | 74 | 71 | 79 | 81 | 76 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 72 | 65 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 78 |
Milton Keynes | 81 | 78 | 85 | 87 | 85 | 91 | 85 | 84 | 92 | 81 | 88 | 100 | 85 | 83 | 89 | 78 | 75 | 82 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 81 | 77 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 100 | 78 | 81 | 89 | 86 | 83 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 84 |
Newham | 87 | 86 | 90 | 90 | 89 | 93 | 88 | 88 | 100 | 88 | 100 | 100 | 89 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 81 | 88 |
Norfolk | 78 | 75 | 82 | 84 | 80 | 88 | 79 | 75 | 84 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 76 | 71 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
North East Lincolnshire | 80 | 76 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 87 | 84 | 91 | 79 | 75 | 83 |
North Lincolnshire | 83 | 79 | 87 | 86 | 83 | 89 | 69 | 63 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 78 | 86 | 83 | 79 | 87 |
North Somerset | 83 | 80 | 87 | 84 | 82 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63 | 55 | 67 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 87 |
North Tyneside | 81 | 77 | 84 | 71 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 67 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 83 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 77 | 84 |
North Yorkshire | 78 | 74 | 82 | 78 | 73 | 83 | 74 | 68 | 77 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 83 | 79 | 86 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Northamptonshire | 81 | 77 | 84 | 83 | 79 | 87 | 83 | 79 | 88 | 87 | 100 | 100 | 83 | 79 | 86 | 81 | 77 | 85 |
Northumberland | 84 | 80 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 84 | 91 | 84 | 80 | 87 |
Nottingham | 75 | 71 | 79 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 84 | 100 | 100 | 78 | 72 | 82 | 74 | 71 | 78 |
Nottinghamshire | 77 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 80 | 88 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 80 | 82 | 91 | 81 | 77 | 85 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Oldham | 76 | 72 | 80 | 76 | 71 | 81 | 69 | 62 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 78 | 86 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Oxfordshire | 80 | 76 | 84 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 77 | 85 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Peterborough | 77 | 73 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 77 | 73 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 74 | 84 | 75 | 71 | 79 |
Plymouth | 80 | 77 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 87 | 81 | 78 | 86 | 77 | 81 | 88 | 82 | 79 | 86 | 80 | 77 | 84 |
Poole | 83 | 80 | 87 | 91 | 93 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 77 | 86 | 83 | 80 | 87 |
Portsmouth | 81 | 78 | 85 | 84 | 82 | 89 | 83 | 80 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 87 | 92 | 81 | 78 | 85 |
Reading | 79 | 76 | 83 | 84 | 82 | 89 | 84 | 81 | 90 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 75 | 84 | 77 | 74 | 82 |
Redbridge | 80 | 76 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 90 | 79 | 75 | 84 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 79 | 74 | 84 | 75 | 71 | 79 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 82 | 78 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 78 | 85 |
Richmond upon Thames | 89 | 88 | 93 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 86 | 94 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 88 | 92 |
Rochdale | 82 | 78 | 85 | 82 | 77 | 86 | 84 | 80 | 89 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 86 | 83 | 89 | 83 | 79 | 86 |
Rotherham | 79 | 75 | 83 | 81 | 77 | 85 | 82 | 78 | 87 | 81 | 84 | 100 | 81 | 76 | 85 | 79 | 75 | 83 |
Rutland | 86 | 83 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 82 | 88 |
Salford | 79 | 75 | 83 | 84 | 80 | 88 | 83 | 79 | 88 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 85 | 82 | 88 | 79 | 75 | 82 |
Sandwell | 79 | 75 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 87 | 80 | 76 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Sefton | 78 | 74 | 82 | 86 | 83 | 89 | 77 | 72 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 72 | 81 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Sheffield | 77 | 73 | 81 | 78 | 73 | 83 | 77 | 73 | 82 | 81 | 88 | 100 | 78 | 72 | 82 | 78 | 74 | 82 |
Shropshire | 81 | 77 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 82 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 85 |
Slough | 81 | 78 | 85 | 87 | 85 | 91 | 80 | 77 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 73 | 82 | 75 | 71 | 80 |
Solihull | 84 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 93 | 78 | 73 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 80 | 88 | 83 | 80 | 87 |
Somerset | 78 | 75 | 82 | 75 | 70 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 64 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 83 |
South Gloucestershire | 81 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 100 | 82 | 78 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 79 | 86 | 81 | 78 | 85 |
South Tyneside | 81 | 77 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 91 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 77 | 84 |
Southampton | 82 | 79 | 86 | 85 | 82 | 89 | 83 | 80 | 89 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 83 | 89 | 81 | 78 | 85 |
Southend-on-Sea | 80 | 76 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 88 | 83 | 79 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 75 | 84 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Southwark | 82 | 79 | 86 | 84 | 81 | 88 | 83 | 79 | 88 | 84 | 100 | 100 | 84 | 80 | 88 | 84 | 81 | 88 |
St. Helens | 78 | 74 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 77 | 83 | 80 | 75 | 84 | 79 | 75 | 82 |
Staffordshire | 83 | 80 | 87 | 91 | 91 | 100 | 85 | 82 | 90 | 87 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 82 | 89 | 83 | 80 | 87 |
Stockport | 82 | 78 | 86 | 79 | 74 | 83 | 79 | 74 | 84 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 76 | 84 | 82 | 78 | 85 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 83 | 79 | 86 | 84 | 80 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 72 | 81 | 84 | 80 | 88 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 80 | 76 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 88 | 74 | 68 | 77 | 82 | 93 | 100 | 83 | 79 | 86 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Suffolk | 79 | 75 | 83 | 86 | 83 | 90 | 85 | 82 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 73 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 83 |
Sunderland | 81 | 77 | 84 | 77 | 71 | 81 | 86 | 84 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 87 | 92 | 81 | 77 | 84 |
Surrey | 82 | 79 | 86 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 84 | 81 | 90 | 84 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 82 | 79 | 86 |
Sutton | 82 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 93 | 85 | 82 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 78 | 86 | 81 | 77 | 85 |
Swindon | 76 | 72 | 80 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 78 | 74 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 80 | 87 | 76 | 72 | 80 |
Tameside | 77 | 72 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 74 | 68 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 89 | 78 | 72 | 81 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Telford and Wrekin | 84 | 80 | 87 | 86 | 83 | 90 | 93 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 85 | 91 | 84 | 80 | 88 |
Thurrock | 83 | 80 | 87 | 92 | 93 | 100 | 90 | 100 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 82 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 85 |
Torbay | 81 | 78 | 85 | 75 | 70 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 88 | 100 | 81 | 78 | 85 |
Tower Hamlets | 81 | 77 | 85 | 83 | 79 | 87 | 79 | 75 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 74 | 84 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Trafford | 85 | 81 | 88 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 77 | 72 | 82 | 93 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 76 | 85 | 87 | 84 | 90 |
Wakefield | 77 | 73 | 81 | 83 | 79 | 87 | 79 | 75 | 84 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 82 | 88 | 76 | 72 | 80 |
Walsall | 82 | 78 | 86 | 87 | 84 | 91 | 84 | 81 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 80 | 87 | 82 | 78 | 86 |
Waltham Forest | 83 | 80 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 85 | 83 | 92 | 80 | 84 | 92 | 84 | 81 | 88 | 82 | 79 | 86 |
Wandsworth | 85 | 82 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 91 | 82 | 78 | 87 | 84 | 100 | 100 | 83 | 80 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 90 |
Warrington | 83 | 79 | 86 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 79 | 86 |
Warwickshire | 82 | 79 | 86 | 85 | 82 | 89 | 94 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 77 | 85 | 82 | 79 | 86 |
West Berkshire | 80 | 77 | 84 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 73 | 82 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
West Sussex | 77 | 73 | 82 | 78 | 74 | 83 | 74 | 69 | 79 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 75 | 84 | 77 | 74 | 82 |
Westminster | 88 | 86 | 92 | 90 | 89 | 94 | 89 | 88 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 87 | 93 | 88 | 88 | 91 |
Wigan | 83 | 79 | 86 | 79 | 74 | 84 | 77 | 72 | 82 | 77 | 79 | 86 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 79 | 86 |
Wiltshire | 78 | 75 | 82 | 89 | 88 | 93 | 81 | 78 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 76 | 84 | 78 | 75 | 82 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 81 | 78 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 89 | 75 | 70 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 80 | 87 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Wirral | 80 | 76 | 84 | 77 | 71 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 80 | 76 | 84 |
Wokingham | 83 | 80 | 87 | 91 | 92 | 100 | 78 | 74 | 84 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 81 | 88 | 82 | 79 | 86 |
Wolverhampton | 79 | 75 | 83 | 86 | 83 | 90 | 80 | 76 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 74 | 83 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
Worcestershire | 81 | 77 | 85 | 80 | 76 | 84 | 76 | 70 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 82 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 85 |
York | 82 | 78 | 86 | 86 | 83 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63 | 50 | 63 | 86 | 83 | 90 | 82 | 78 | 85 |
Download table data for ‘Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and area’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and area’ (CSV)
Summary of Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Phonics attainments for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and area Summary
The data shows that:
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overall, girls did better than boys in achieving the expected standard in all local authorities, where data is available
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for White pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Middlesbrough (North East), where 78% of girls met expected standard, compared to 68% of boys
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for Asian pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Cumbria (North West), where 75% of girls met expected standard, compared to 11% of boys
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for Black pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in the City of Kingston upon Hull (Yorkshire and The Humber), where 73% of girls achieved the expected standard compared to 57% of boys
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for Chinese pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Rotherham (Yorkshire and The Humber), where 100% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 84% of boys
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for Mixed pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Torbay (South West) and Medway (South East), where 100% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 88% of boys
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please be aware, except for the information for White and Mixed pupils, the statistics quoted for phonics attainment by ethnicity, gender and local authority are based on small numbers of pupils and are highly variable over time
8. Methodology
The phonics dataset is put together using information matched together from two data sources: first, phonics results in year 1, and those in year 2 who did not pass the check in year 1; second, the school census record.
Phonics results received from local authorities are combined with pupil characteristics from the school census by the department’s contractor. Records are matched, using identifiers such as surname, forename, date of birth, UPN, gender, and postcode.
This successfully matches around 98% of results. Phonics results are not published at school level. The coverage of the local authority (LA) and regional statistics is for state-funded schools only in England. This includes schools and academies but excludes hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision. Data was collected from 16,338 schools of the expected 16,342 schools (approximately 650,000 pupils) with 99.9% coverage.
Pupils are included in the figures for 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 free school meals, not only those who actually received free school meals. Pupils not eligible for free school meals or unclassified pupils are described as ‘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 and families who don’t quite reach the eligibility threshold for FSM may still be suffering deprivation.
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 on confidentiality.
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 become 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 LAs by summing the figures for the other LAs in the region.
In the school level data, any figures relating to a cohort of 5 pupils or fewer will be 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)
Rounding
All charts and tables are rounded to the nearest whole number, whereas in the downloads percentages are given to one decimal place.
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
Type of data
Administrative data
Type of statistic
National Statistics
Publisher
Department for Education
Publication frequency
Yearly
Purpose of data source
Phonics screening check is a statutory assessment for all pupils in Year 1 (typically aged 6) to check whether they have reached the expected standard in phonic decoding. All state-funded schools with a Year 1 cohort must administer the check. Those pupils who did not meet the standard in Year 1 or who were not tested, must be re-checked at the end of Year 2 (typically aged 7).
10. Download the data
This file contains the following: ethnicity, year, gender, FSM, value and denominator
This file contains the following: ethnicity, year, gender, value and denominator
This file contains the following: ethnicity, year, region, local authority, gender, value and denominator