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1. Main facts and figures
- in 2017/18, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in phonics in year 1 (at 5 to 6 years old), while 92% of pupils had done so by the end of year 2 (at 6 to 7 years old)
- pupils from the Indian and Chinese ethnic groups were the most likely to meet the expected standard in both year 1 and year 2
- pupils from the White Gypsy/Roma and White Irish Traveller groups were least likely to meet the expected standard in both year 1 and year 2
- in every ethnic group, a higher percentage of girls than boys met the expected standard in both year 1 and year 2
- in every ethnic group, pupils eligible for free school meals were less likely to meet the expected standard by the end of year 1 than other pupils
Things you need to know
In 2017/18, there were 664,499 pupils in year 1 and 664,100 pupils in year 2.
In both years 1 and 2, ethnicity was known for 99% of pupils. The broad ethnic breakdown was as follows:
- 75% of pupils were White
- 11% were Asian
- 6% were Mixed
- 5% were Black
- 0.5% were Chinese
- 2% were from the Other ethnic group
School-level data is not published for phonics.
Results for the Isles of Scilly and the City of London, which have only one school each, are not included in local authority breakdowns.
This data only includes pupils in state-funded schools.
What the data measures
This data measures the percentage of pupils who met the expected standard in the phonics screening check in both:
- year 1 (when pupils are 5 to 6 years old)
- year 2 (when pupils are 6 to 7 years old)
The year 2 results include both pupils who:
- met the expected standard in year 1
- retook the check or were taking it for the first time in year 2
Phonics is an approach to teaching reading in which pupils sound out words and combine sound-spelling patterns.
The phonics screening check is designed to confirm that pupils have met an appropriate standard in phonics.
The ethnic categories used in this data
This data uses categories from the Department for Education’s school census. These groupings are based on the 2001 Census of England and Wales, with 3 exceptions:
- Traveller of Irish Heritage and Gypsy/Roma children have been separated into 2 categories
- Sri Lankan pupils are included in the Asian/Asian British group but don’t have a separate category
- Chinese pupils are included in a separate category from Asian
These changes were made after consultations with local authorities and lobby groups.
Data is reported for broad and detailed ethnic categories. These are
Asian/Asian British:
- Indian
- Pakistani
- Bangladeshi
- Sri Lankan
- Other Asian background
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British:
- Black African
- Black Caribbean
- Black Other
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups:
- White and Black Caribbean
- White and Black African
- White and Asian
- Other Mixed background
White:
- White British
- White Irish
- Traveller of Irish Heritage
- Gypsy/Roma
- Other White
Chinese
Other ethnic group
2. By ethnicity
Ethnicity | year 1 | year 2 |
---|---|---|
All | 82 | 92 |
Asian | 85 | 94 |
Bangladeshi | 83 | 93 |
Indian | 90 | 96 |
Pakistani | 82 | 92 |
Asian other | 87 | 93 |
Black | 84 | 92 |
Black African | 85 | 92 |
Black Caribbean | 80 | 90 |
Black other | 83 | 91 |
Chinese | 91 | 95 |
Mixed | 84 | 92 |
Mixed White/Asian | 88 | 94 |
Mixed White/Black African | 84 | 92 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 79 | 91 |
Mixed other | 85 | 92 |
White | 82 | 92 |
White British | 83 | 92 |
White Irish | 83 | 90 |
Gypsy/Roma | 42 | 62 |
Irish Traveller | 43 | 59 |
White other | 81 | 90 |
Other | 81 | 90 |
Unknown | 62 | 74 |
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Summary of Phonics results for 5 to 7 year olds By ethnicity Summary
The data shows that:
- in 2017/18, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in phonics in year 1 (at 5 or 6 years old), while 92% had done so by the end of year 2 (at 6 or 7 years old)
- 91% of pupils from the Chinese ethnic group met the expected standard in year 1, the highest percentage out of all ethnic groups
- 96% of pupils from the Indian ethnic group met the expected standard by the end of year 2, the highest percentage out of all ethnic groups
- 42% of White Gypsy/Roma pupils met the expected standard in year 1, the lowest percentage out of all ethnic groups
- 59% of White Irish Traveller pupils met the expected standard by the end of year 2, the lowest percentage out of all ethnic groups
- 83% of White British pupils met the expected standard in year 1, and 92% did so by the end of year 2
3. By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)
Ethnicity | FSM | Non-FSM |
---|---|---|
All | 70 | 84 |
Asian | 79 | 86 |
Bangladeshi | 81 | 84 |
Indian | 82 | 91 |
Pakistani | 78 | 83 |
Asian other | 79 | 87 |
Black | 80 | 85 |
Black African | 82 | 86 |
Black Caribbean | 74 | 82 |
Black other | 78 | 84 |
Chinese | 87 | 91 |
Mixed | 74 | 87 |
Mixed White/Asian | 77 | 89 |
Mixed White/Black African | 77 | 86 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 71 | 83 |
Mixed other | 75 | 87 |
White | 67 | 84 |
White British | 67 | 85 |
White Irish | 57 | 87 |
Gypsy/Roma | 39 | 43 |
Irish Traveller | 41 | 45 |
White other | 71 | 82 |
Other | 75 | 82 |
Unknown | 67 | 62 |
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Summary of Phonics results for 5 to 7 year olds By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM) Summary
The Department for Education uses eligibility for free school meals (FSM) as an indicator of deprivation.
The data for year 1 pupils shows that:
- in every ethnic group, FSM-eligible pupils were less likely to meet the expected standard than non-FSM pupils
- among FSM-eligible pupils, those from the Chinese ethnic group were most likely out of all ethnic groups to meet the expected standard (at 87%)
- 39% of FSM-eligible pupils from the White Gypsy/Roma group met the standard, the lowest percentage out of all ethnic groups
- White Irish pupils had the biggest attainment gap between FSM-eligible and non-FSM pupils, at 30 percentage points
- among White British pupils, 67% of those eligible for FSM met the expected standard, compared with 85% of non-FSM pupils (a gap of 18 percentage points)
4. By ethnicity and area
geography | All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | Other |
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% | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Barking and Dagenham | 82 | 87 | 86 | 88 | 83 | 77 | 76 |
Barnet | 86 | 87 | 86 | 95 | 88 | 87 | 83 |
Barnsley | 80 | 90 | 81 | 0 | 75 | 80 | 90 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 82 | 89 | 100 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 47 |
Bedford | 80 | 81 | 82 | 100 | 78 | 80 | 92 |
Bexley | 87 | 93 | 90 | 91 | 88 | 85 | 84 |
Birmingham | 81 | 82 | 82 | 86 | 80 | 79 | 80 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 82 | 86 | 76 | 67 | 88 | 79 | 85 |
Blackpool | 81 | 94 | 67 | 100 | 82 | 81 | 88 |
Bolton | 82 | 86 | 77 | 74 | 82 | 81 | 79 |
Bournemouth | 83 | 91 | 85 | 100 | 84 | 82 | 83 |
Bracknell Forest | 86 | 92 | 92 | 100 | 93 | 85 | 88 |
Bradford | 81 | 84 | 83 | 90 | 81 | 79 | 74 |
Brent | 83 | 87 | 84 | 100 | 82 | 84 | 77 |
Brighton and Hove | 83 | 80 | 88 | 92 | 84 | 83 | 74 |
Bristol, City of | 83 | 81 | 83 | 100 | 81 | 83 | 81 |
Bromley | 88 | 94 | 85 | 96 | 90 | 88 | 90 |
Buckinghamshire | 84 | 84 | 87 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 89 |
Bury | 82 | 82 | 84 | 86 | 82 | 83 | 79 |
Calderdale | 82 | 82 | 86 | 82 | 85 | 82 | 73 |
Cambridgeshire | 81 | 89 | 86 | 90 | 85 | 81 | 78 |
Camden | 83 | 81 | 85 | 92 | 85 | 83 | 82 |
Central Bedfordshire | 84 | 91 | 90 | 100 | 89 | 83 | 90 |
Cheshire East | 84 | 85 | 72 | 56 | 84 | 85 | 92 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 80 | 93 | 72 | 88 | 84 | 80 | 77 |
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 |
Cornwall | 82 | 82 | 86 | 73 | 83 | 82 | 65 |
County Durham | 84 | 79 | 100 | 76 | 91 | 84 | 79 |
Coventry | 81 | 86 | 85 | 96 | 84 | 80 | 80 |
Croydon | 85 | 90 | 86 | 93 | 84 | 83 | 84 |
Cumbria | 82 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 87 | 82 | 80 |
Darlington | 86 | 81 | 89 | 100 | 88 | 86 | 75 |
Derby | 82 | 86 | 88 | 84 | 80 | 82 | 79 |
Derbyshire | 81 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 86 | 81 | 81 |
Devon | 84 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 78 |
Doncaster | 79 | 82 | 78 | 71 | 79 | 79 | 74 |
Dorset | 82 | 89 | 80 | 88 | 83 | 82 | 68 |
Dudley | 80 | 81 | 73 | 93 | 76 | 81 | 77 |
Ealing | 86 | 87 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 86 | 85 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 82 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 82 | 73 |
East Sussex | 83 | 87 | 77 | 95 | 83 | 83 | 70 |
Enfield | 80 | 85 | 79 | 96 | 87 | 80 | 83 |
Essex | 84 | 89 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 86 |
Gateshead | 84 | 94 | 84 | 82 | 90 | 84 | 83 |
Gloucestershire | 81 | 87 | 80 | 92 | 79 | 82 | 75 |
Greenwich | 84 | 91 | 87 | 91 | 86 | 80 | 87 |
Hackney | 86 | 89 | 85 | 94 | 85 | 86 | 84 |
Halton | 79 | 100 | 100 | N/A* | 88 | 79 | 67 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 88 | 92 | 87 | 100 | 88 | 89 | 85 |
Hampshire | 84 | 89 | 84 | 89 | 86 | 84 | 82 |
Haringey | 85 | 90 | 83 | 95 | 87 | 87 | 81 |
Harrow | 87 | 92 | 81 | 100 | 88 | 83 | 82 |
Hartlepool | 82 | 89 | 80 | 100 | 94 | 82 | 67 |
Havering | 85 | 88 | 87 | 100 | 86 | 84 | 89 |
Herefordshire, County of | 84 | 100 | 82 | 100 | 89 | 84 | 67 |
Hertfordshire | 84 | 88 | 83 | 90 | 86 | 84 | 82 |
Hillingdon | 85 | 90 | 87 | 100 | 83 | 81 | 84 |
Hounslow | 84 | 88 | 79 | 100 | 83 | 83 | 82 |
Isle of Wight | 81 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 81 | 33 |
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 |
Islington | 84 | 82 | 83 | 93 | 83 | 84 | 90 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 86 | 84 | 87 | 83 | 85 | 87 | 88 |
Kent | 82 | 88 | 90 | 88 | 88 | 81 | 81 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 80 | 86 | 71 | 33 | 83 | 81 | 81 |
Kingston upon Thames | 86 | 84 | 81 | 98 | 88 | 86 | 86 |
Kirklees | 80 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 85 |
Knowsley | 79 | 96 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 58 |
Lambeth | 85 | 86 | 84 | 92 | 86 | 87 | 80 |
Lancashire | 82 | 81 | 82 | 91 | 82 | 82 | 70 |
Leeds | 79 | 80 | 80 | 88 | 81 | 80 | 74 |
Leicester | 79 | 84 | 84 | 86 | 83 | 75 | 82 |
Leicestershire | 83 | 90 | 82 | 87 | 86 | 83 | 74 |
Lewisham | 84 | 88 | 81 | 90 | 84 | 86 | 85 |
Lincolnshire | 81 | 93 | 75 | 95 | 87 | 81 | 84 |
Liverpool | 79 | 82 | 84 | 88 | 79 | 79 | 75 |
Luton | 82 | 85 | 84 | 92 | 82 | 79 | 81 |
Manchester | 80 | 82 | 84 | 90 | 83 | 79 | 77 |
Medway | 82 | 90 | 88 | 100 | 83 | 81 | 90 |
Merton | 85 | 90 | 81 | 96 | 84 | 85 | 92 |
Middlesbrough | 80 | 82 | 81 | 100 | 81 | 80 | 74 |
Milton Keynes | 85 | 91 | 89 | 100 | 85 | 83 | 84 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 83 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 83 | 83 |
Newham | 88 | 89 | 88 | 88 | 92 | 85 | 91 |
Norfolk | 80 | 90 | 76 | 95 | 86 | 80 | 86 |
North East Lincolnshire | 82 | 91 | 100 | 50 | 75 | 83 | 81 |
North Lincolnshire | 83 | 85 | 77 | 100 | 90 | 83 | 45 |
North Somerset | 86 | 88 | 80 | 80 | 85 | 86 | 100 |
North Tyneside | 84 | 86 | 81 | 93 | 91 | 84 | 50 |
North Yorkshire | 81 | 76 | 70 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 72 |
Northamptonshire | 83 | 88 | 84 | 100 | 82 | 83 | 74 |
Northumberland | 85 | 97 | 50 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 83 |
Nottingham | 79 | 84 | 84 | 96 | 81 | 76 | 79 |
Nottinghamshire | 80 | 88 | 87 | 85 | 81 | 80 | 67 |
Oldham | 77 | 76 | 81 | 96 | 76 | 79 | 64 |
Oxfordshire | 82 | 83 | 81 | 97 | 81 | 83 | 74 |
Peterborough | 76 | 79 | 77 | 85 | 82 | 76 | 62 |
Plymouth | 82 | 92 | 87 | 85 | 84 | 82 | 91 |
Poole | 86 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 93 | 86 | 86 |
Portsmouth | 79 | 82 | 77 | 90 | 80 | 79 | 76 |
Reading | 83 | 87 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 82 | 81 |
Redbridge | 85 | 88 | 83 | 96 | 87 | 81 | 81 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 82 | 82 | 75 | 100 | 79 | 82 | 60 |
Richmond upon Thames | 87 | 89 | 80 | 96 | 88 | 88 | 84 |
Rochdale | 82 | 83 | 82 | 93 | 82 | 82 | 85 |
Rotherham | 81 | 82 | 81 | 94 | 86 | 81 | 72 |
Rutland | 85 | 100 | 67 | 100 | 89 | 85 | 75 |
Salford | 82 | 90 | 89 | 100 | 88 | 81 | 85 |
Sandwell | 79 | 82 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 69 |
Sefton | 83 | 80 | 100 | 90 | 86 | 83 | 63 |
Sheffield | 79 | 78 | 80 | 92 | 81 | 80 | 74 |
Shropshire | 82 | 69 | 100 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 78 |
Slough | 86 | 88 | 89 | 100 | 86 | 81 | 87 |
Solihull | 86 | 88 | 87 | 100 | 84 | 86 | 85 |
Somerset | 81 | 81 | 81 | 100 | 80 | 82 | 68 |
South Gloucestershire | 85 | 89 | 81 | 95 | 82 | 85 | 78 |
South Tyneside | 83 | 89 | 93 | 100 | 87 | 82 | 80 |
Southampton | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 85 | 81 | 75 |
Southend-on-Sea | 82 | 87 | 93 | 86 | 83 | 82 | 71 |
Southwark | 85 | 86 | 86 | 95 | 83 | 85 | 79 |
St. Helens | 81 | 88 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 81 | 70 |
Staffordshire | 85 | 85 | 73 | 100 | 82 | 85 | 85 |
Stockport | 82 | 82 | 81 | 87 | 86 | 82 | 81 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 84 | 86 | 81 | 88 | 90 | 83 | 67 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 80 | 83 | 77 | 95 | 84 | 80 | 70 |
Suffolk | 81 | 91 | 84 | 88 | 84 | 81 | 88 |
Sunderland | 82 | 85 | 83 | 89 | 83 | 82 | 90 |
Surrey | 84 | 90 | 88 | 91 | 87 | 84 | 91 |
Sutton | 87 | 91 | 89 | 96 | 89 | 85 | 78 |
Swindon | 82 | 85 | 87 | 100 | 84 | 81 | 87 |
Tameside | 79 | 81 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 80 | 83 |
Telford and Wrekin | 85 | 82 | 86 | 80 | 86 | 85 | 80 |
Thurrock | 84 | 89 | 90 | 93 | 88 | 82 | 86 |
Torbay | 86 | 87 | 50 | 67 | 93 | 86 | 89 |
Tower Hamlets | 82 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 83 | 80 | 72 |
Trafford | 86 | 87 | 80 | 93 | 80 | 88 | 81 |
Wakefield | 78 | 80 | 78 | 88 | 85 | 78 | 91 |
Walsall | 83 | 88 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 82 | 80 |
Waltham Forest | 86 | 88 | 85 | 95 | 88 | 85 | 82 |
Wandsworth | 88 | 88 | 84 | 94 | 88 | 91 | 85 |
Warrington | 84 | 85 | 92 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 88 |
Warwickshire | 84 | 90 | 89 | 89 | 85 | 84 | 75 |
West Berkshire | 81 | 88 | 80 | 70 | 84 | 80 | 75 |
West Sussex | 82 | 84 | 73 | 85 | 83 | 82 | 85 |
Westminster | 86 | 89 | 85 | 93 | 88 | 86 | 84 |
Wigan | 84 | 83 | 78 | 95 | 85 | 84 | 79 |
Wiltshire | 81 | 85 | 73 | 87 | 80 | 81 | 88 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 86 | 88 | 94 | 75 | 90 | 85 | 79 |
Wirral | 81 | 84 | 88 | 94 | 86 | 81 | 74 |
Wokingham | 86 | 90 | 80 | 90 | 89 | 85 | 93 |
Wolverhampton | 82 | 88 | 82 | 100 | 84 | 79 | 66 |
Worcestershire | 82 | 82 | 69 | 93 | 87 | 83 | 78 |
York | 85 | 86 | 75 | 92 | 90 | 84 | 82 |
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Summary of Phonics results for 5 to 7 year olds By ethnicity and area Summary
The data for year 1 pupils shows that:
- among White pupils, 91% met the expected standard in Wandsworth, compared with 75% in Leicester (a gap of 16 percentage points)
- figures for other ethnic groups are based on small numbers and so reliable generalisations can’t be made
5. By ethnicity and gender
Boys | Girls | |||
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Ethnicity | Boys Year 1 | Boys Year 2 | Girls Year 1 | Girls Year 2 |
All | 79 | 90 | 86 | 94 |
Asian | 82 | 92 | 89 | 95 |
Bangladeshi | 79 | 91 | 88 | 95 |
Indian | 88 | 95 | 93 | 97 |
Pakistani | 78 | 90 | 86 | 95 |
Asian other | 84 | 92 | 90 | 95 |
Black | 80 | 89 | 88 | 94 |
Black African | 82 | 90 | 89 | 94 |
Black Caribbean | 75 | 87 | 85 | 94 |
Black other | 79 | 89 | 86 | 93 |
Chinese | 89 | 94 | 92 | 96 |
Mixed | 81 | 90 | 88 | 94 |
Mixed White/Asian | 85 | 93 | 90 | 96 |
Mixed White/Black African | 82 | 91 | 87 | 94 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 75 | 88 | 84 | 93 |
Mixed other | 82 | 91 | 89 | 94 |
White | 79 | 90 | 86 | 94 |
White British | 79 | 90 | 86 | 94 |
White Irish | 80 | 88 | 86 | 93 |
Gypsy/Roma | 38 | 59 | 46 | 65 |
Irish Traveller | 37 | 52 | 48 | 65 |
White other | 78 | 89 | 84 | 92 |
Other | 78 | 88 | 84 | 92 |
Unknown | 59 | 72 | 66 | 77 |
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Summary of Phonics results for 5 to 7 year olds By ethnicity and gender Summary
The data shows that:
- in 2017/18, 86% of girls and 79% of boys met the expected standard in phonics in year 1, while 94% of girls and 90% of boys had done so by the end of year 2
- girls were more likely than boys to meet the expected standard in every ethnic group in both year 1 and year 2
- girls from the Indian ethnic group were the most likely to meet the expected standard in year 1 (93%) and by the end of year 2 (97%)
- White Irish Traveller boys were the least likely to meet the expected standard in year 1 (37%) and by the end of year 2 (52%)
- in year 1, the biggest gap between girls and boys was in the White Irish Traveller and Black Caribbean groups – 48% of White Irish Traveller girls and 37% of boys met the standard (a gap of 11 percentage points), while 85% of Black Caribbean girls and 75% of boys met the standard (a gap of 10 percentage points)
- in year 2, the biggest gap between girls and boys was in the White Irish Traveller group, where 65% of girls and 52% of boys met the expected standard (a gap of 13 percentage points)
- the smallest gap between girls and boys was in the Chinese ethnic group – where 92% of girls and 89% of boys met the expected standard in year 1 (a gap of 3 percentage points), and 96% of girls and 94% of boys did so in year 2 (a gap of 2 percentage points)
6. By ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)
Boys | Girls | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | Boys FSM | Boys Non-FSM | Girls FSM | Girls Non-FSM |
All | 65 | 81 | 75 | 88 |
Asian | 74 | 83 | 85 | 90 |
Bangladeshi | 76 | 80 | 86 | 88 |
Indian | 77 | 88 | 89 | 93 |
Pakistani | 73 | 79 | 84 | 87 |
Asian other | 75 | 85 | 83 | 91 |
Black | 75 | 81 | 85 | 89 |
Black African | 78 | 83 | 87 | 89 |
Black Caribbean | 69 | 78 | 80 | 87 |
Black other | 75 | 80 | 82 | 88 |
Chinese | 84 | 90 | 90 | 92 |
Mixed | 69 | 84 | 79 | 90 |
Mixed White/Asian | 74 | 87 | 80 | 91 |
Mixed White/Black African | 73 | 84 | 80 | 89 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 65 | 79 | 77 | 87 |
Mixed other | 70 | 85 | 80 | 90 |
White | 62 | 81 | 73 | 88 |
White British | 62 | 82 | 73 | 88 |
White Irish | 57 | 84 | 58 | 90 |
Gypsy/Roma | 34 | 39 | 45 | 47 |
Irish Traveller | 36 | 38 | 45 | 50 |
White other | 67 | 79 | 75 | 85 |
Other | 72 | 79 | 78 | 85 |
Unknown | 61 | 59 | 74 | 65 |
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Summary of Phonics results for 5 to 7 year olds 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.
The data for year 1 pupils shows that:
- 90% of FSM-eligible girls from the Chinese ethnic group met the expected standard in phonics in 2017/18 – the highest percentage of any group of FSM-eligible children
- 34% of FSM-eligible White Gypsy/Roma boys met the expected standard (the lowest percentage of any group of FSM-eligible children)
- the biggest gap between FSM-eligible boys and girls was found in the Indian ethnic group, where 89% of girls and 77% of boys met the expected standard (a gap of 12 percentage points)
- the smallest gap between FSM-eligible pupils and those not eligible was found among White Irish Traveller boys and Black African and Bangladeshi girls (at 2 percentage points)
- the biggest gap between FSM-eligible pupils and those not eligible was found among White Irish girls (at 32 percentage points)
7. By ethnicity, gender and area
All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | Other | ||||||||
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Geography | All boys | All Girls | Asian boys | Asian Girls | Black boys | Black Girls | Chinese boys | Chinese Girls | Mixed boys | Mixed Girls | White boys | White Girls | Other boys | Other Girls |
Barking and Dagenham | 78 | 86 | 85 | 89 | 80 | 91 | 80 | 100 | 78 | 89 | 73 | 81 | 64 | 92 |
Barnet | 84 | 88 | 83 | 91 | 82 | 90 | 97 | 94 | 86 | 90 | 85 | 88 | 81 | 84 |
Barnsley | 74 | 86 | 89 | 92 | 86 | 78 | 0 | NA | 67 | 86 | 74 | 86 | 83 | 100 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 80 | 83 | 94 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 84 | 90 | 80 | 83 | 38 | 56 |
Bedford | 78 | 82 | 77 | 85 | 75 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 73 | 83 | 79 | 81 | 100 | 82 |
Bexley | 84 | 89 | 91 | 96 | 87 | 93 | 87 | 96 | 84 | 92 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 80 |
Birmingham | 77 | 85 | 79 | 87 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 80 | 77 | 84 | 75 | 84 | 78 | 83 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 79 | 85 | 82 | 90 | 64 | 100 | 80 | 0 | 91 | 84 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 90 |
Blackpool | 78 | 84 | 94 | 93 | 67 | NA | 100 | 100 | 80 | 86 | 77 | 84 | 100 | 80 |
Bolton | 78 | 86 | 84 | 89 | 73 | 81 | 71 | 80 | 85 | 80 | 77 | 86 | 69 | 87 |
Bournemouth | 78 | 88 | 95 | 88 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 82 | 86 | 77 | 89 | 86 | 80 |
Bracknell Forest | 82 | 90 | 91 | 93 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 89 | 98 | 80 | 89 | 100 | 50 |
Bradford | 76 | 85 | 78 | 89 | 77 | 91 | 75 | 100 | 75 | 87 | 76 | 83 | 66 | 84 |
Brent | 79 | 87 | 83 | 92 | 80 | 88 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 87 | 74 | 81 |
Brighton and Hove | 78 | 87 | 70 | 89 | 80 | 96 | 78 | 100 | 83 | 85 | 79 | 88 | 64 | 83 |
Bristol, City of | 80 | 86 | 74 | 89 | 79 | 87 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 82 | 80 | 86 | 83 | 81 |
Bromley | 85 | 91 | 95 | 94 | 83 | 86 | 97 | 95 | 87 | 93 | 84 | 91 | 96 | 83 |
Buckinghamshire | 81 | 88 | 82 | 87 | 82 | 90 | 90 | 78 | 77 | 92 | 81 | 88 | 90 | 88 |
Bury | 78 | 86 | 80 | 84 | 77 | 90 | 89 | 80 | 80 | 85 | 78 | 87 | 71 | 92 |
Calderdale | 81 | 84 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 86 | 81 | 83 | 67 | 83 |
Cambridgeshire | 77 | 85 | 84 | 95 | 80 | 91 | 93 | 86 | 80 | 90 | 76 | 85 | 79 | 76 |
Camden | 81 | 85 | 78 | 85 | 84 | 86 | 100 | 80 | 82 | 87 | 82 | 85 | 75 | 87 |
Central Bedfordshire | 81 | 87 | 89 | 93 | 81 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 84 | 95 | 80 | 87 | 100 | 80 |
Cheshire East | 82 | 87 | 78 | 91 | 64 | 80 | 50 | 67 | 76 | 93 | 82 | 87 | 100 | 89 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 77 | 84 | 89 | 97 | 60 | 88 | 50 | 100 | 83 | 86 | 76 | 84 | 100 | 57 |
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 |
Cornwall | 78 | 85 | 71 | 90 | 100 | 67 | 80 | 67 | 79 | 88 | 78 | 85 | 67 | 63 |
County Durham | 81 | 88 | 87 | 68 | 100 | 100 | 67 | 88 | 89 | 94 | 80 | 88 | 76 | 83 |
Coventry | 78 | 85 | 83 | 89 | 81 | 89 | 100 | 92 | 78 | 90 | 76 | 83 | 77 | 83 |
Croydon | 81 | 88 | 86 | 94 | 83 | 88 | 87 | 100 | 81 | 86 | 79 | 87 | 78 | 90 |
Cumbria | 78 | 86 | 67 | 82 | 50 | 100 | 50 | 60 | 88 | 87 | 78 | 86 | 67 | 89 |
Darlington | 82 | 89 | 68 | 100 | 67 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 95 | 83 | 89 | 80 | 67 |
Derby | 79 | 85 | 83 | 90 | 85 | 92 | 83 | 86 | 76 | 84 | 79 | 84 | 80 | 78 |
Derbyshire | 78 | 85 | 78 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 73 | 89 | 82 | 90 | 77 | 85 | 81 | 80 |
Devon | 80 | 88 | 79 | 83 | 89 | 78 | 63 | 100 | 84 | 90 | 80 | 88 | 73 | 84 |
Doncaster | 75 | 83 | 84 | 81 | 71 | 84 | 88 | 50 | 70 | 88 | 75 | 83 | 60 | 84 |
Dorset | 78 | 86 | 85 | 93 | 67 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 81 | 88 | 78 | 86 | 67 | 70 |
Dudley | 77 | 83 | 79 | 83 | 68 | 80 | 100 | 89 | 69 | 83 | 78 | 83 | 80 | 70 |
Ealing | 82 | 89 | 85 | 89 | 81 | 87 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 93 | 82 | 91 | 80 | 90 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 79 | 86 | 86 | 92 | 100 | NA | NA | 100 | 81 | 90 | 79 | 86 | 67 | 83 |
East Sussex | 79 | 87 | 80 | 94 | 74 | 83 | 100 | 89 | 75 | 91 | 79 | 87 | 67 | 71 |
Enfield | 78 | 83 | 80 | 90 | 75 | 82 | 94 | 100 | 88 | 87 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 85 |
Essex | 81 | 86 | 85 | 92 | 79 | 93 | 86 | 88 | 82 | 87 | 81 | 86 | 88 | 84 |
Gateshead | 81 | 87 | 91 | 96 | 81 | 88 | 83 | 80 | 85 | 100 | 80 | 87 | 81 | 84 |
Gloucestershire | 78 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 100 | 77 | 82 | 78 | 85 | 73 | 77 |
Greenwich | 80 | 88 | 87 | 95 | 83 | 91 | 85 | 97 | 82 | 91 | 76 | 84 | 86 | 88 |
Hackney | 83 | 89 | 88 | 91 | 81 | 90 | 83 | 100 | 84 | 86 | 82 | 89 | 86 | 81 |
Halton | 76 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | NA | NA | 85 | 90 | 75 | 83 | 67 | 67 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 87 | 89 | 93 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 84 | 92 | 89 | 89 | 83 | 87 |
Hampshire | 81 | 88 | 86 | 93 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 90 | 84 | 88 | 81 | 88 | 78 | 85 |
Haringey | 84 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 81 | 86 | 93 | 95 | 84 | 90 | 87 | 88 | 79 | 82 |
Harrow | 85 | 89 | 90 | 94 | 78 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 89 | 87 | 80 | 86 | 82 | 81 |
Hartlepool | 77 | 88 | 81 | 100 | 67 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 76 | 88 | 75 | 60 |
Havering | 82 | 88 | 84 | 94 | 86 | 88 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 92 | 82 | 87 | 77 | 96 |
Herefordshire, County of | 80 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 50 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 84 | 80 | 89 | 33 | 83 |
Hertfordshire | 82 | 87 | 87 | 90 | 77 | 90 | 93 | 86 | 83 | 88 | 81 | 87 | 81 | 83 |
Hillingdon | 82 | 87 | 89 | 91 | 85 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 86 | 78 | 84 | 82 | 87 |
Hounslow | 81 | 86 | 85 | 90 | 74 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 84 | 80 | 84 |
Isle of Wight | 77 | 85 | 100 | 100 | 100 | NA | 100 | 100 | 77 | 95 | 78 | 85 | 0 | 50 |
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Islington | 80 | 88 | 77 | 87 | 78 | 88 | 90 | 100 | 80 | 87 | 80 | 88 | 88 | 91 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 85 | 88 | 80 | 89 | 84 | 88 | 100 | 75 | 82 | 89 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 90 |
Kent | 78 | 86 | 84 | 93 | 88 | 91 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 90 | 77 | 85 | 77 | 85 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 75 | 85 | 79 | 91 | 56 | 80 | 0 | 100 | 76 | 90 | 76 | 85 | 76 | 85 |
Kingston upon Thames | 84 | 89 | 80 | 89 | 80 | 83 | 100 | 94 | 86 | 90 | 84 | 89 | 84 | 89 |
Kirklees | 76 | 84 | 76 | 88 | 80 | 82 | 90 | 67 | 78 | 84 | 75 | 83 | 84 | 86 |
Knowsley | 76 | 83 | 100 | 89 | 78 | 90 | 0 | 100 | 76 | 87 | 76 | 83 | 75 | 50 |
Lambeth | 82 | 89 | 82 | 90 | 80 | 88 | 85 | 100 | 81 | 90 | 85 | 89 | 76 | 83 |
Lancashire | 78 | 86 | 76 | 87 | 84 | 80 | 82 | 95 | 77 | 87 | 79 | 86 | 63 | 77 |
Leeds | 76 | 83 | 73 | 86 | 76 | 84 | 91 | 85 | 76 | 86 | 77 | 83 | 70 | 80 |
Leicester | 76 | 83 | 82 | 86 | 79 | 90 | 88 | 82 | 78 | 89 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 79 |
Leicestershire | 81 | 86 | 87 | 92 | 82 | 82 | 88 | 86 | 84 | 87 | 81 | 85 | 80 | 67 |
Lewisham | 80 | 87 | 83 | 93 | 76 | 87 | 88 | 93 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 87 | 76 | 93 |
Lincolnshire | 78 | 85 | 89 | 97 | 59 | 93 | 92 | 100 | 84 | 91 | 78 | 85 | 76 | 94 |
Liverpool | 74 | 83 | 77 | 87 | 82 | 86 | 85 | 90 | 75 | 82 | 75 | 83 | 67 | 84 |
Luton | 79 | 85 | 82 | 88 | 79 | 89 | 83 | 100 | 78 | 86 | 77 | 82 | 89 | 76 |
Manchester | 76 | 84 | 77 | 87 | 81 | 87 | 88 | 92 | 82 | 85 | 75 | 84 | 72 | 84 |
Medway | 78 | 85 | 84 | 96 | 83 | 94 | 100 | 100 | 77 | 89 | 78 | 84 | 83 | 96 |
Merton | 84 | 87 | 89 | 91 | 79 | 84 | 89 | 100 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 87 | 93 | 91 |
Middlesbrough | 77 | 83 | 84 | 81 | 76 | 88 | 100 | 100 | 72 | 94 | 78 | 83 | 68 | 79 |
Milton Keynes | 82 | 88 | 89 | 93 | 86 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 90 | 79 | 87 | 89 | 77 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 80 | 86 | 84 | 86 | 81 | 90 | 83 | 88 | 84 | 85 | 80 | 86 | 72 | 90 |
Newham | 84 | 91 | 86 | 92 | 83 | 92 | 93 | 83 | 90 | 95 | 81 | 90 | 88 | 94 |
Norfolk | 76 | 84 | 84 | 96 | 69 | 83 | 89 | 100 | 82 | 91 | 76 | 83 | 76 | 93 |
North East Lincolnshire | 78 | 86 | 88 | 100 | 100 | NA | 100 | 0 | 71 | 81 | 79 | 87 | 67 | 100 |
North Lincolnshire | 79 | 86 | 76 | 93 | 78 | 75 | 100 | 100 | 89 | 91 | 79 | 87 | 40 | 50 |
North Somerset | 83 | 88 | 78 | 93 | 67 | 100 | 67 | 100 | 83 | 88 | 84 | 88 | 100 | 100 |
North Tyneside | 81 | 86 | 83 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 92 | 100 | 94 | 88 | 81 | 87 | 60 | 33 |
North Yorkshire | 78 | 84 | 74 | 79 | 54 | 90 | 67 | 100 | 82 | 82 | 79 | 84 | 69 | 77 |
Northamptonshire | 79 | 86 | 82 | 93 | 79 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 85 | 79 | 86 | 75 | 73 |
Northumberland | 82 | 88 | 100 | 95 | 50 | NA | 50 | 100 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 88 | 50 | 100 |
Nottingham | 76 | 82 | 80 | 89 | 80 | 88 | 100 | 94 | 78 | 84 | 74 | 79 | 82 | 74 |
Nottinghamshire | 76 | 84 | 86 | 89 | 72 | 97 | 84 | 87 | 79 | 83 | 76 | 84 | 68 | 65 |
Oldham | 72 | 83 | 72 | 81 | 80 | 82 | 92 | 100 | 68 | 85 | 73 | 86 | 71 | 60 |
Oxfordshire | 78 | 86 | 79 | 87 | 75 | 89 | 94 | 100 | 74 | 89 | 79 | 87 | 73 | 75 |
Peterborough | 72 | 81 | 74 | 84 | 77 | 76 | 100 | 75 | 77 | 88 | 72 | 81 | 50 | 71 |
Plymouth | 79 | 85 | 83 | 100 | 85 | 89 | 80 | 100 | 79 | 88 | 79 | 85 | 87 | 95 |
Poole | 84 | 88 | 90 | 94 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 100 | 84 | 88 | 67 | 100 |
Portsmouth | 76 | 82 | 76 | 88 | 67 | 85 | 78 | 100 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 81 | 67 | 91 |
Reading | 78 | 88 | 83 | 90 | 77 | 92 | 71 | 100 | 81 | 84 | 78 | 87 | 73 | 100 |
Redbridge | 82 | 88 | 84 | 92 | 79 | 87 | 100 | 90 | 86 | 87 | 78 | 85 | 72 | 88 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 76 | 88 | 100 | 67 | 67 | 100 | NA | 100 | 78 | 80 | 76 | 89 | 100 | 0 |
Richmond upon Thames | 86 | 89 | 86 | 92 | 68 | 88 | 100 | 95 | 86 | 89 | 86 | 90 | 82 | 86 |
Rochdale | 78 | 86 | 78 | 88 | 80 | 84 | 80 | 100 | 77 | 87 | 78 | 86 | 86 | 83 |
Rotherham | 78 | 84 | 73 | 92 | 78 | 84 | 100 | 90 | 85 | 87 | 78 | 84 | 73 | 71 |
Rutland | 83 | 87 | 100 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 100 | NA | 67 | 100 | 83 | 87 | 100 | 0 |
Salford | 80 | 85 | 89 | 92 | 88 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 92 | 78 | 84 | 82 | 89 |
Sandwell | 75 | 83 | 79 | 85 | 76 | 84 | 90 | 67 | 74 | 88 | 74 | 82 | 69 | 70 |
Sefton | 81 | 85 | 76 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 88 | 100 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 85 | 62 | 67 |
Sheffield | 75 | 83 | 71 | 85 | 77 | 83 | 91 | 95 | 76 | 86 | 76 | 83 | 68 | 80 |
Shropshire | 78 | 85 | 61 | 76 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 75 | 83 | 85 | 79 | 86 | 75 | 80 |
Slough | 82 | 89 | 85 | 92 | 82 | 94 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 91 | 78 | 84 | 84 | 90 |
Solihull | 83 | 89 | 86 | 91 | 78 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 89 | 85 | 85 |
Somerset | 77 | 85 | 79 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 78 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 71 | 67 |
South Gloucestershire | 82 | 88 | 88 | 91 | 83 | 78 | 91 | 100 | 78 | 87 | 82 | 88 | 85 | 70 |
South Tyneside | 79 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 84 | 91 | 78 | 87 | 100 | 60 |
Southampton | 77 | 86 | 83 | 91 | 90 | 91 | 100 | 91 | 81 | 89 | 76 | 86 | 80 | 70 |
Southend-on-Sea | 79 | 85 | 83 | 92 | 92 | 93 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 87 | 79 | 84 | 56 | 100 |
Southwark | 82 | 87 | 79 | 92 | 84 | 88 | 94 | 96 | 81 | 85 | 82 | 88 | 77 | 81 |
St. Helens | 77 | 85 | 92 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 89 | 77 | 85 | 71 | 67 |
Staffordshire | 82 | 88 | 82 | 88 | 78 | 67 | 100 | 100 | 76 | 88 | 82 | 88 | 95 | 75 |
Stockport | 81 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 84 | 91 | 83 | 84 | 87 | 80 | 84 | 79 | 83 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 81 | 86 | 83 | 90 | 67 | 93 | 80 | 100 | 90 | 89 | 81 | 86 | 71 | 50 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 75 | 85 | 78 | 89 | 73 | 80 | 89 | 100 | 81 | 87 | 75 | 86 | 72 | 68 |
Suffolk | 78 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 77 | 90 | 100 | 83 | 80 | 88 | 78 | 84 | 88 | 88 |
Sunderland | 78 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 93 | 73 | 90 | 88 | 79 | 87 | 78 | 87 | 100 | 75 |
Surrey | 81 | 87 | 89 | 92 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 96 | 83 | 91 | 80 | 87 | 88 | 94 |
Sutton | 84 | 89 | 89 | 94 | 86 | 94 | 92 | 100 | 87 | 91 | 82 | 87 | 71 | 81 |
Swindon | 78 | 86 | 79 | 93 | 82 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 86 | 77 | 85 | 86 | 88 |
Tameside | 76 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 51 | 82 | 83 | 67 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 84 | 80 | 89 |
Telford and Wrekin | 81 | 88 | 78 | 87 | 89 | 83 | 60 | 100 | 83 | 90 | 81 | 88 | 71 | 100 |
Thurrock | 81 | 87 | 84 | 94 | 86 | 93 | 88 | 100 | 87 | 90 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 83 |
Torbay | 82 | 90 | 78 | 93 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 93 | 94 | 82 | 90 | 75 | 100 |
Tower Hamlets | 79 | 86 | 81 | 87 | 78 | 87 | 83 | 77 | 79 | 87 | 76 | 84 | 67 | 80 |
Trafford | 83 | 90 | 83 | 90 | 75 | 85 | 100 | 86 | 76 | 84 | 84 | 92 | 79 | 84 |
Wakefield | 74 | 82 | 71 | 87 | 73 | 87 | 80 | 100 |