Science 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 641,590 pupils in key stage 1 at state-funded mainstream schools in England, of which ethnicity was known for 634,052 (99%)
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75% were White, 11% were Asian, 6% were Black, 6% were Mixed, 2% were from the Other ethnic group, and 0.5% were Chinese
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82% of all pupils met the expected standard for science at the end of year 1
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the best performing pupils were from the Indian, Irish, Mixed White and Asian, and Chinese ethnic groups – 86% of pupils in these groups met the expected standard
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Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard at 39%
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84% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 79% of boys
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the biggest attainment gap between boys and girls, at 10 percentage points, was found among Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils, where 42% of boys met the expected standard, compared to 52% of girls
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pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) performed less well than pupils not eligible in every ethnic group apart from Gypsy/Roma
Things you need to know
The 2016 key stage 1 assessments are the first which assess the new, more challenging national curriculum. The expected standard has also been raised to be higher than the old level 2. As a result, figures for 2016 are not comparable to those for earlier years.
Teacher assessments for year 2 pupils studying the national curriculum are collected and reported by the Department for Education (DfE), but test results for those pupils are not collected.
School level data is not published for key stage 1.
Results for the Isles of Scilly and the City of London, which have only one school each, have been excluded from local authority breakdowns. This is because the very small number of pupils in these local authorities make the results unreliable.
The Department for Education (DfE) has excluded, or ‘suppressed’, very small numbers (for example, values of 1 or 2, a percentage based on 1 or 2 pupils who achieved, or 0, 1 or 2 pupils who did not achieve a particular standard).
This is because, where the size of the ethnic group population is small enough that an individual’s identity could be revealed, information is suppressed to preserve confidentiality. This is consistent with DfE’s statistical policy statement on confidentiality (PDF opens in a new window or tab).
Pupil numbers for key stage 1 vary between measures of attainment for different subjects. This is because pupils who don't have a valid teacher assessment for a particular subject are excluded from the total. For more about valid teacher assessments, see Methodology.
What the data measures
This data measures the science attainment of children in key stage 1 (years 1 to 2, when pupils are aged between 5 and 7). Children’s ability in science is assessed by their teachers.
The data covers the academic year 2015/16 (September 2015 to July 2016).
This data only measures the expected standard; there is no higher standard for science.
The ethnic categories used in this data
This data uses categories from the Department for Education’s school census, which is broadly based on the 2001 national census, with 3 exceptions:
- Traveller of Irish Heritage and Gypsy/Roma children have been separated into 2 categories
- Sri Lankan has been added to the Asian/Asian British group but is not reported separately
- Chinese pupils have been assigned a separate category
These changes were made after consultations with local authorities and lobby groups.
The categories in the school census are as follows:
White:
- White British
- White Irish
- Traveller of Irish Heritage
- Gypsy/Roma
- Other White
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups:
- White and Black Caribbean
- White and Black African
- White and Asian
- Other Mixed background
Asian/Asian British:
- Indian
- Pakistani
- Bangladeshi
- Sri Lankan
- Other Asian background
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British:
- Black African
- Black Caribbean
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Other Black background
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Chinese
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Other ethnic group
Information is provided for both detailed and broad ethnic groups where possible and when the data is available.
The 6 broad categories used are as follows:
- 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 the local authority level.
The 5 broad categories are as follows:
- White
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
- Asian/Asian British
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
- Chinese
2. Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity
Ethnicity | Expected standard |
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All | 82 |
Asian | 80 |
Bangladeshi | 79 |
Indian | 86 |
Pakistani | 75 |
Asian other | 82 |
Black | 80 |
Black African | 81 |
Black Caribbean | 78 |
Black other | 78 |
Chinese | 86 |
Mixed | 83 |
Mixed White/Asian | 86 |
Mixed White/Black African | 83 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 79 |
Mixed other | 83 |
White | 83 |
White British | 84 |
White Irish | 86 |
White Irish Traveller | 47 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 39 |
White other | 76 |
Other | 75 |
Download table data for ‘Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity’ (CSV)
Summary of Science attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity Summary
The data shows that:
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overall, 82% of pupils met the expected standard (making this the national average)
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84% of White British pupils met the expected standard
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the pupils most likely to achieve were Irish, Mixed White and Asian, Indian, and Chinese: 86% of all these groups met the expected standard
3. Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)
Ethnicity | FSM | Non-FSM |
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All | 69 | 84 |
Asian | 72 | 81 |
Bangladeshi | 74 | 80 |
Indian | 77 | 87 |
Pakistani | 69 | 77 |
Asian other | 73 | 83 |
Black | 73 | 82 |
Black African | 74 | 83 |
Black Caribbean | 71 | 81 |
Black other | 73 | 80 |
Chinese | 83 | 86 |
Mixed | 73 | 86 |
Mixed White/Asian | 73 | 88 |
Mixed White/Black African | 74 | 86 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 71 | 83 |
Mixed other | 74 | 85 |
White | 67 | 85 |
White British | 67 | 86 |
White Irish | 67 | 89 |
White Irish Traveller | 45 | 50 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 43 | 38 |
White other | 67 | 77 |
Other | 71 | 77 |
Download table data for ‘Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)’ (CSV)
Summary of Science attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and eligibility for 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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69% of FSM-eligible pupils met the expected standard, compared to 84% who were not eligible (making these the national averages)
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Gypsy/Roma FSM-eligible pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard – 43% did so, the lowest percentage of any ethnic group
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Of FSM-eligible pupils, Chinese FSM-eligible pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard – 83% did so, the highest percentage of any ethnic group
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67% of FSM-eligible Irish pupils met the expected standard, compared to 89% of those not eligible (the biggest attainment gap, at 22 percentage points)
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67% of FSM-eligible White British pupils met the expected standard, compared to 86% of those not eligible (an attainment gap of 19 percentage points)
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FSM-eligible pupils performed less well than those not eligible in every ethnic group, except Gypsy/Roma, where 43% of FSM-eligible pupils met the expected standard, compared to 38% not eligible (a gap of 5 percentage points)
4. Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and area
Local authority | All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White |
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Barking and Dagenham | 82 | 84 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 79 |
Barnet | 83 | 86 | 78 | 88 | 83 | 85 |
Barnsley | 80 | 82 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 80 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 83 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 83 |
Bedford | 81 | 74 | 82 | 100 | 83 | 82 |
Bexley | 86 | 92 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 84 |
Birmingham | 74 | 74 | 74 | 83 | 76 | 75 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 82 | 81 | 70 | 100 | 83 | 83 |
Blackpool | 84 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 60 | 86 | 85 |
Bolton | 79 | 81 | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 81 |
Bournemouth | 84 | 77 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 85 |
Bracknell Forest | 86 | 94 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 91 | 85 |
Bradford | 76 | 75 | 72 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 77 |
Brent | 80 | 82 | 80 | 100 | 87 | 79 |
Brighton and Hove | 85 | 81 | 81 | 100 | 84 | 86 |
Bristol, City of | 80 | 76 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 82 |
Bromley | 87 | 91 | 87 | 94 | 89 | 86 |
Buckinghamshire | 82 | 74 | 75 | 84 | 83 | 84 |
Bury | 81 | 78 | 72 | 100 | 79 | 82 |
Calderdale | 75 | 58 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 57 | 73 | 78 |
Cambridgeshire | 82 | 77 | 74 | 91 | 83 | 82 |
Camden | 82 | 77 | 78 | 71 | 83 | 87 |
Central Bedfordshire | 85 | 92 | 80 | 100 | 79 | 85 |
Cheshire East | 82 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 86 | 82 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 82 | 75 | 77 | 100 | 89 | 82 |
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 |
Cornwall | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 86 | 85 |
County Durham | 84 | 92 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 84 |
Coventry | 77 | 82 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 76 |
Croydon | 83 | 87 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 83 |
Cumbria | 83 | 87 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 83 |
Darlington | 84 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 84 |
Derby | 75 | 80 | 81 | 87 | 80 | 74 |
Derbyshire | 86 | 88 | 74 | 86 | 88 | 86 |
Devon | 82 | 77 | 57 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 82 |
Doncaster | 78 | 78 | 71 | 68 | 83 | 79 |
Dorset | 81 | 81 | 100 | 70 | 83 | 81 |
Dudley | 81 | 76 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 82 |
Ealing | 79 | 78 | 75 | 100 | 88 | 81 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 85 | 85 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 85 |
East Sussex | 84 | 89 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 84 |
Enfield | 77 | 86 | 76 | 77 | 83 | 76 |
Essex | 83 | 81 | 80 | 86 | 83 | 83 |
Gateshead | 83 | 74 | 81 | 75 | 79 | 84 |
Gloucestershire | 82 | 86 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 82 |
Greenwich | 86 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 87 | 84 |
Hackney | 85 | 88 | 83 | 83 | 88 | 86 |
Halton | 78 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 78 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 83 | 88 | 78 | 100 | 82 | 88 |
Hampshire | 88 | 85 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 88 |
Haringey | 83 | 87 | 82 | 88 | 88 | 84 |
Harrow | 85 | 90 | 81 | 100 | 87 | 80 |
Hartlepool | 80 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 80 |
Havering | 86 | 89 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 86 |
Herefordshire, County of | 85 | 70 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 93 | 85 |
Hertfordshire | 85 | 84 | 83 | 95 | 88 | 85 |
Hillingdon | 81 | 84 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 81 |
Hounslow | 86 | 90 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 85 |
Isle of Wight | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 82 |
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 |
Islington | 80 | 75 | 76 | 70 | 85 | 83 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 88 | 89 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 91 |
Kent | 86 | 88 | 85 | 90 | 88 | 86 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 77 | 89 | 65 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 78 |
Kingston upon Thames | 85 | 81 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 87 |
Kirklees | 79 | 75 | 75 | 81 | 77 | 82 |
Knowsley | 77 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 84 | 76 |
Lambeth | 84 | 85 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 86 |
Lancashire | 82 | 79 | 81 | 76 | 79 | 82 |
Leeds | 74 | 73 | 69 | 75 | 71 | 76 |
Leicester | 74 | 81 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 69 |
Leicestershire | 85 | 86 | 87 | 90 | 85 | 85 |
Lewisham | 84 | 84 | 80 | 80 | 87 | 87 |
Lincolnshire | 81 | 93 | 85 | 82 | 86 | 81 |
Liverpool | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 76 | 72 |
Luton | 77 | 77 | 78 | 58 | 81 | 77 |
Manchester | 77 | 74 | 79 | 92 | 79 | 78 |
Medway | 82 | 84 | 88 | 100 | 87 | 81 |
Merton | 85 | 87 | 88 | 83 | 86 | 85 |
Middlesbrough | 75 | 72 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 76 |
Milton Keynes | 82 | 81 | 83 | 74 | 85 | 82 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 81 | 78 | 79 | 88 | 85 | 83 |
Newham | 82 | 86 | 83 | 75 | 88 | 76 |
Norfolk | 85 | 90 | 81 | 92 | 87 | 85 |
North East Lincolnshire | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 90 | 78 |
North Lincolnshire | 87 | 90 | 60 | 100 | 86 | 87 |
North Somerset | 85 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 85 |
North Tyneside | 83 | 87 | 83 | 80 | 84 | 83 |
North Yorkshire | 84 | 80 | 73 | 82 | 85 | 84 |
Northamptonshire | 81 | 81 | 75 | 89 | 80 | 82 |
Northumberland | 87 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 90 | 87 |
Nottingham | 75 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 77 | 75 |
Nottinghamshire | 81 | 76 | 75 | 82 | 84 | 82 |
Oldham | 72 | 66 | 65 | 81 | 78 | 77 |
Oxfordshire | 83 | 75 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 84 |
Peterborough | 74 | 74 | 81 | 100 | 76 | 74 |
Plymouth | 79 | 88 | 81 | 73 | 75 | 79 |
Poole | 86 | 81 | 69 | 100 | 85 | 86 |
Portsmouth | 82 | 81 | 82 | 100 | 79 | 82 |
Reading | 76 | 78 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 77 |
Redbridge | 80 | 85 | 76 | 86 | 81 | 76 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 82 | 67 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 82 |
Richmond upon Thames | 89 | 83 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 90 |
Rochdale | 79 | 77 | 68 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 81 |
Rotherham | 79 | 78 | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 80 |
Rutland | 86 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 |
Salford | 81 | 82 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 83 |
Sandwell | 74 | 75 | 73 | 55 | 75 | 75 |
Sefton | 81 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 81 |
Sheffield | 79 | 74 | 77 | 89 | 76 | 81 |
Shropshire | 84 | 88 | 57 | 100 | 89 | 84 |
Slough | 81 | 86 | 81 | 100 | 84 | 76 |
Solihull | 83 | 78 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 84 |
Somerset | 86 | 77 | 64 | 75 | 86 | 86 |
South Gloucestershire | 86 | 87 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 87 |
South Tyneside | 82 | 84 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 83 |
Southampton | 81 | 83 | 82 | 85 | 82 | 81 |
Southend-on-Sea | 82 | 85 | 79 | 82 | 79 | 83 |
Southwark | 82 | 82 | 81 | 84 | 81 | 85 |
St. Helens | 77 | 67 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 77 |
Staffordshire | 84 | 80 | 76 | 83 | 86 | 85 |
Stockport | 84 | 82 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 84 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 87 | 88 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 87 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 77 | 77 | 83 | 70 | 81 | 77 |
Suffolk | 81 | 84 | 75 | 100 | 79 | 81 |
Sunderland | 84 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 84 |
Surrey | 86 | 84 | 85 | 88 | 86 | 87 |
Sutton | 81 | 83 | 77 | 82 | 88 | 80 |
Swindon | 78 | 78 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | 78 |
Tameside | 82 | 77 | 78 | 60 | 83 | 83 |
Telford and Wrekin | 83 | 77 | 89 | 100 | 87 | 83 |
Thurrock | 79 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 83 | 77 |
Torbay | 81 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 84 | 81 |
Tower Hamlets | 80 | 80 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 79 |
Trafford | 86 | 85 | 83 | 90 | 82 | 86 |
Wakefield | 80 | 70 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 81 |
Walsall | 78 | 81 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 78 |
Waltham Forest | 86 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 88 | 86 |
Wandsworth | 85 | 86 | 79 | 84 | 83 | 90 |
Warrington | 86 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 90 | 86 |
Warwickshire | 84 | 85 | 75 | 84 | 85 | 84 |
West Berkshire | 85 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 88 | 85 |
West Sussex | 78 | 78 | 65 | 85 | 79 | 78 |
Westminster | 80 | 84 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 84 |
Wigan | 81 | 72 | 68 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 81 |
Wiltshire | 83 | 88 | 80 | 79 | 85 | 83 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 88 | 87 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 89 |
Wirral | 81 | 87 | 56 | 76 | 83 | 81 |
Wokingham | 90 | 90 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 90 | 90 |
Wolverhampton | 75 | 77 | 79 | 88 | 78 | 74 |
Worcestershire | 84 | 73 | 70 | 78 | 84 | 85 |
York | 83 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 57 | 86 | 84 |
Download table data for ‘Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and area’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and area’ (CSV)
Summary of Science attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and area Summary
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Asian pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Halton and Knowsley in the North West and Rutland in the East Midlands, and least likely to meet it in Calderdale in Yorkshire and the Humber
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Black pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Cumbria in the North West, East Riding of Yorkshire in Yorkshire in The Humber, in the County of Herefordshire in the West Midlands, and in Dorset in the South West, and least likely to meet it in Wirral in the North West
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100% of Chinese pupils met the expected standard in 25 local authorities
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Chinese pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard in Sandwell in the West Midlands
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Mixed pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Herefordshire in the West Midland, and least likely to meet it in South Tyneside in the North East
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White pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Kensington and Chelsea in London, and least likely to meet it in Leicester in the East Midlands
5. Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and gender
Ethnicity | Boys | Girls |
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All | 79 | 84 |
Asian | 77 | 83 |
Bangladeshi | 75 | 82 |
Indian | 84 | 89 |
Pakistani | 73 | 78 |
Asian other | 79 | 86 |
Black | 76 | 83 |
Black African | 77 | 84 |
Black Caribbean | 75 | 81 |
Black other | 75 | 82 |
Chinese | 83 | 88 |
Mixed | 80 | 86 |
Mixed White/Asian | 84 | 89 |
Mixed White/Black African | 81 | 85 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 76 | 83 |
Mixed other | 80 | 86 |
White | 80 | 85 |
White British | 81 | 86 |
White Irish | 84 | 88 |
White Irish Traveller | 42 | 52 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 37 | 42 |
White other | 74 | 78 |
Other | 73 | 78 |
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Summary of Science attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity and gender Summary
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84% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 79% of boys
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86% of White British girls met the expected standard, compared to 81% of White British boys (an attainment gap of 5 percentage points)
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Mixed White and Asian girls and Indian girls were most likely to meet the expected standard – 89% did so, the highest percentage of any ethnic group
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Gypsy/Roma boys were least likely to meet the expected standard – 37% did so, the lowest percentage of any ethnic group
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the smallest attainment gap between boys and girls, at 4 percentage points, was found in the following ethnic groups: Irish, Mixed White and Black African, and Other White (girls did better than boys in all these groups)
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the biggest attainment gap between boys and girls, at 10 percentage points, was found among Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils, where 42% of boys met the expected standard, compared to 52% of girls
6. Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)
Ethnicity | FSM Boys | FSM Girls | Non-FSM Boys | Non-FSM Girls |
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All | 65 | 72 | 82 | 86 |
Asian | 68 | 76 | 79 | 84 |
Bangladeshi | 69 | 79 | 77 | 82 |
Indian | 75 | 80 | 85 | 89 |
Pakistani | 65 | 73 | 74 | 79 |
Asian other | 69 | 78 | 80 | 87 |
Black | 69 | 78 | 79 | 85 |
Black African | 70 | 79 | 79 | 86 |
Black Caribbean | 66 | 75 | 78 | 83 |
Black other | 68 | 78 | 77 | 83 |
Chinese | 82 | 83 | 83 | 88 |
Mixed | 69 | 77 | 83 | 88 |
Mixed White/Asian | 69 | 78 | 87 | 90 |
Mixed White/Black African | 71 | 78 | 84 | 87 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 65 | 77 | 80 | 86 |
Mixed other | 71 | 77 | 82 | 88 |
White | 64 | 71 | 83 | 87 |
White British | 64 | 71 | 84 | 88 |
White Irish | 64 | 70 | 87 | 91 |
White Irish Traveller | 40 | 50 | 47 | 54 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 38 | 47 | 37 | 39 |
White other | 65 | 68 | 75 | 79 |
Other | 67 | 74 | 74 | 79 |
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overall, 72% of FSM-eligible girls met the expected standard, compared to 65% of FSM-eligible boys
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among both boys and girls, FSM-eligible Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard – 38% of boys and 47% of girls did so
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Of all FSM-eligible pupils, Chinese boys and girls were most likely to meet the expected standard – 82% and 83% did so respectively
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the biggest attainment gap between FSM-eligible girls and boys, at 12 percentage points, was found among Mixed White and Black Caribbean pupils, where 77% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 65% of boys
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64% of FSM-eligible White British boys met the expected standard, compared to 71% of FSM-eligible White British girls
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the biggest attainment gap between children eligible and non-eligible for FSM was found among Irish pupils: here, there was a 23 percentage point difference in the attainment of boys and 21 percentage point difference in the attainment of girls
7. Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, area and gender
All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||
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Local authority | All Boys | All Girls | Asian Boys | Asian Girls | Black Boys | Black Girls | Chinese Boys | Chinese Girls | Mixed Boys | Mixed Girls | White Boys | White Girls |
Barking and Dagenham | 80 | 84 | 81 | 88 | 83 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 85 | 78 | 80 |
Barnet | 82 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 77 | 79 | 84 | 90 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 87 |
Barnsley | 77 | 83 | 70 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 79 | 77 | 84 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 82 | 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 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 84 |
Bedford | 79 | 83 | 70 | 79 | 72 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 80 | 86 | 81 | 83 |
Bexley | 84 | 87 | 90 | 95 | 89 | 92 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 89 | 83 | 85 |
Birmingham | 71 | 77 | 72 | 77 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 90 | 71 | 81 | 72 | 79 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 80 | 84 | 79 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 83 | 82 | 85 |
Blackpool | 82 | 86 | 71 | 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 | 83 | 86 |
Bolton | 77 | 82 | 80 | 82 | 68 | 70 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 83 | 78 | 84 |
Bournemouth | 81 | 87 | 74 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 92 | 82 | 88 |
Bracknell Forest | 86 | 86 | 95 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 85 |
Bradford | 73 | 79 | 73 | 78 | 68 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 74 | 84 | 74 | 80 |
Brent | 77 | 82 | 79 | 86 | 77 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 81 | 91 | 79 | 80 |
Brighton and Hove | 84 | 87 | 81 | 80 | 77 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 88 |
Bristol, City of | 77 | 83 | 74 | 78 | 66 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 76 | 81 | 80 | 85 |
Bromley | 85 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 86 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 94 | 84 | 89 |
Buckinghamshire | 80 | 84 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 86 | 82 | 87 |
Bury | 77 | 84 | 76 | 81 | 72 | 71 | 100 | 100 | 68 | 88 | 78 | 85 |
Calderdale | 72 | 77 | 57 | 59 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 68 | 78 | 76 | 81 |
Cambridgeshire | 80 | 84 | 78 | 77 | 74 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 90 | 81 | 84 |
Camden | 81 | 84 | 73 | 81 | 76 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 82 | 87 | 87 |
Central Bedfordshire | 83 | 87 | 91 | 93 | 79 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 74 | 84 | 83 | 87 |
Cheshire East | 80 | 84 | 79 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 90 | 83 | 80 | 85 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 80 | 85 | 63 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 100 | 85 | 93 | 80 | 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 |
Cornwall | 83 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 100 | 86 | 86 | 83 | 87 |
County Durham | 81 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 82 | 89 | 82 | 87 |
Coventry | 74 | 80 | 79 | 86 | 71 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 71 | 87 | 75 | 78 |
Croydon | 80 | 86 | 84 | 89 | 76 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 79 | 87 | 82 | 85 |
Cumbria | 81 | 86 | 84 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 89 | 81 | 86 |
Darlington | 83 | 85 | 65 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 85 |
Derby | 72 | 79 | 77 | 83 | 75 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 83 | 71 | 78 |
Derbyshire | 84 | 88 | 87 | 90 | 73 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 87 |
Devon | 80 | 84 | 71 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 86 | 80 | 85 |
Doncaster | 76 | 81 | 77 | 78 | 65 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 88 | 77 | 81 |
Dorset | 80 | 83 | 78 | 85 | 100 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 88 | 80 | 83 |
Dudley | 77 | 85 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 79 | 89 | 78 | 86 |
Ealing | 76 | 82 | 74 | 83 | 71 | 79 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 90 | 79 | 84 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 82 | 88 | 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 | 84 | 82 | 88 |
East Sussex | 82 | 86 | 87 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 88 | 83 | 86 |
Enfield | 74 | 80 | 84 | 89 | 72 | 80 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 87 | 74 | 78 |
Essex | 80 | 85 | 78 | 84 | 76 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 86 | 81 | 85 |
Gateshead | 81 | 86 | 77 | 72 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 79 | 81 | 87 |
Gloucestershire | 81 | 83 | 80 | 92 | 77 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 82 | 81 | 84 |
Greenwich | 84 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 86 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 89 | 81 | 88 |
Hackney | 82 | 89 | 87 | 89 | 77 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 89 | 84 | 89 |
Halton | 76 | 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 | 75 | 80 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 81 | 86 | 83 | 91 | 76 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 87 | 87 | 89 |
Hampshire | 86 | 90 | 84 | 86 | 78 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 88 | 87 | 90 |
Haringey | 81 | 86 | 80 | 93 | 78 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 87 | 82 | 85 |
Harrow | 81 | 89 | 87 | 93 | 76 | 87 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 88 | 73 | 87 |
Hartlepool | 76 | 84 | 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 | 75 | 85 |
Havering | 84 | 89 | 85 | 93 | 78 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 88 | 91 | 85 | 88 |
Herefordshire, County of | 84 | 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 | 84 | 86 |
Hertfordshire | 83 | 87 | 81 | 88 | 81 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 91 | 84 | 87 |
Hillingdon | 78 | 84 | 80 | 87 | 74 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 85 | 78 | 84 |
Hounslow | 84 | 88 | 89 | 92 | 80 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 90 | 83 | 88 |
Isle of Wight | 80 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 71 | 100 | 81 | 83 |
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 |
Islington | 78 | 82 | 70 | 79 | 73 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 86 | 82 | 84 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 86 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 93 | 90 | 91 |
Kent | 84 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 88 | 87 | 91 | 84 | 94 | 84 | 88 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 75 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 82 | 75 | 81 |
Kingston upon Thames | 84 | 87 | 81 | 80 | 83 | 78 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 84 | 84 | 89 |
Kirklees | 77 | 82 | 72 | 78 | 70 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | 81 | 81 | 84 |
Knowsley | 74 | 81 | 100 | 100 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 80 |
Lambeth | 81 | 86 | 83 | 87 | 77 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 85 | 89 | 85 | 87 |
Lancashire | 79 | 84 | 78 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 74 | 83 | 80 | 85 |
Leeds | 72 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 61 | 77 | 82 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 77 |
Leicester | 72 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 69 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 79 | 67 | 71 |
Leicestershire | 83 | 86 | 85 | 87 | 81 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 83 | 83 | 87 |
Lewisham | 82 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 76 | 85 | 79 | 81 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 89 |
Lincolnshire | 79 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 100 | 85 | 87 | 79 | 84 |
Liverpool | 68 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 74 | 61 | 83 | 67 | 85 | 69 | 75 |
Luton | 74 | 80 | 73 | 82 | 77 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 86 | 77 | 78 |
Manchester | 73 | 80 | 69 | 79 | 74 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 81 | 76 | 81 |
Medway | 80 | 84 | 88 | 79 | 85 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 84 | 79 | 84 |
Merton | 83 | 88 | 86 | 89 | 84 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 89 | 83 | 86 |
Middlesbrough | 72 | 78 | 68 | 78 | 81 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 79 | 74 | 79 |
Milton Keynes | 79 | 85 | 77 | 86 | 81 | 85 | 77 | 71 | 81 | 88 | 79 | 85 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 78 | 84 | 74 | 82 | 75 | 84 | 76 | 100 | 82 | 89 | 80 | 86 |
Newham | 79 | 86 | 83 | 88 | 78 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 91 | 75 | 77 |
Norfolk | 83 | 87 | 87 | 92 | 78 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 90 | 83 | 87 |
North East Lincolnshire | 75 | 83 | 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 | 74 | 83 |
North Lincolnshire | 84 | 90 | 88 | 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 | 84 | 90 |
North Somerset | 84 | 86 | 100 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 91 | 84 | 84 | 86 |
North Tyneside | 80 | 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 | 81 | 86 | 81 | 85 |
North Yorkshire | 82 | 86 | 70 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 88 | 83 | 86 |
Northamptonshire | 78 | 84 | 77 | 86 | 69 | 81 | 81 | 100 | 77 | 83 | 79 | 84 |
Northumberland | 84 | 90 | 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 | 90 |
Nottingham | 72 | 79 | 76 | 82 | 75 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 74 | 80 | 71 | 78 |
Nottinghamshire | 79 | 84 | 72 | 80 | 58 | 91 | 79 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 79 | 84 |
Oldham | 69 | 75 | 62 | 70 | 66 | 65 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 78 | 74 | 81 |
Oxfordshire | 82 | 85 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 86 | 82 | 86 |
Peterborough | 71 | 78 | 71 | 78 | 76 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 72 | 80 | 71 | 77 |
Plymouth | 77 | 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 | 78 | 73 | 77 | 81 |
Poole | 84 | 88 | 77 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 91 | 84 | 88 |
Portsmouth | 79 | 84 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 75 | 84 | 80 | 85 |
Reading | 73 | 80 | 73 | 83 | 74 | 78 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 79 | 73 | 81 |
Redbridge | 78 | 83 | 83 | 87 | 74 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 82 | 72 | 81 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 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 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 86 |
Richmond upon Thames | 87 | 91 | 80 | 86 | 88 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 85 | 92 | 89 | 92 |
Rochdale | 76 | 82 | 76 | 79 | 70 | 66 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 77 | 76 | 85 |
Rotherham | 76 | 83 | 73 | 83 | 67 | 70 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 74 | 89 | 77 | 83 |
Rutland | 85 | 87 | 100 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 85 | 87 |
Salford | 79 | 84 | 80 | 85 | 76 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 78 | 89 | 81 | 85 |
Sandwell | 71 | 78 | 71 | 80 | 68 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 80 | 72 | 77 |
Sefton | 79 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 84 | 79 | 84 |
Sheffield | 76 | 82 | 71 | 77 | 74 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 78 | 77 | 84 |
Shropshire | 82 | 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 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 86 |
Slough | 78 | 85 | 83 | 89 | 74 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 90 | 74 | 78 |
Solihull | 80 | 87 | 74 | 82 | 79 | 79 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 91 | 81 | 87 |
Somerset | 84 | 88 | 66 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 92 | 85 | 88 |
South Gloucestershire | 85 | 88 | 83 | 89 | 70 | 86 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 89 | 85 | 88 |
South Tyneside | 78 | 85 | 86 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 60 | 79 | 87 |
Southampton | 78 | 84 | 77 | 88 | 80 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 84 | 78 | 83 |
Southend-on-Sea | 79 | 86 | 78 | 92 | 80 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 71 | 88 | 80 | 86 |
Southwark | 80 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 78 | 85 | 85 | 85 |
St. Helens | 74 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 83 | 75 | 80 |
Staffordshire | 82 | 87 | 77 | 84 | 69 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 91 | 83 | 87 |
Stockport | 83 | 85 | 84 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 91 | 83 | 85 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 84 | 89 | 79 | 96 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 83 | 84 | 90 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 73 | 81 | 70 | 83 | 74 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | 86 | 74 | 80 |
Suffolk | 79 | 83 | 88 | 79 | 72 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 79 | 79 | 83 |
Sunderland | 81 | 87 | 74 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 88 |
Surrey | 85 | 88 | 83 | 86 | 80 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 91 | 85 | 89 |
Sutton | 77 | 84 | 79 | 87 | 76 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 87 | 76 | 84 |
Swindon | 75 | 80 | 76 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 83 | 76 | 80 |
Tameside | 80 | 84 | 75 | 79 | 80 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 86 | 80 | 85 |
Telford and Wrekin | 80 | 86 | 74 | 80 | 85 | 92 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 89 | 84 | 81 | 86 |
Thurrock | 77 | 81 | 77 | 92 | 80 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 85 | 76 | 78 |
Torbay | 79 | 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 | 79 | 83 |
Tower Hamlets | 76 | 83 | 76 | 83 | 79 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 74 | 89 | 77 | 81 |
Trafford | 83 | 88 | 80 | 89 | 80 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 83 | 84 | 89 |
Wakefield | 76 | 84 | 62 | 77 | 77 | 83 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 84 | 77 | 84 |
Walsall | 75 | 81 | 78 | 83 | 78 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 70 | 86 | 76 | 82 |
Waltham Forest | 84 | 89 | 84 | 90 | 82 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 90 | 84 | 88 |
Wandsworth | 83 | 87 | 80 | 93 | 77 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 81 | 89 | 91 |
Warrington | 84 | 87 | 80 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 89 | 90 | 84 | 87 |
Warwickshire | 81 | 86 | 82 | 88 | 70 | 81 | 70 | 100 | 86 | 85 | 81 | 87 |
West Berkshire | 83 | 88 | 79 | 91 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 89 | 83 | 88 |
West Sussex | 76 | 80 | 75 | 81 | 72 | 58 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 79 | 76 | 81 |
Westminster | 78 | 83 | 80 | 88 | 85 | 81 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 90 | 83 | 86 |
Wigan | 78 | 84 | 69 | 73 | 62 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 81 | 83 | 78 | 85 |
Wiltshire | 81 | 85 | 86 | 89 | 76 | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 89 | 82 | 85 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 86 | 89 | 82 | 93 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 86 | 83 | 88 | 90 |
Wirral | 76 | 85 | 84 | 90 | 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 | 85 |
Wokingham | 88 | 92 | 85 | 96 | 90 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 89 | 91 | 89 | 91 |
Wolverhampton | 72 | 78 | 73 | 82 | 75 | 83 | 80 | 100 | 75 | 81 | 71 | 76 |
Worcestershire | 82 | 87 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 63 | 60 | 100 | 81 | 89 | 82 | 88 |
York | 82 | 84 | 73 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 89 | 83 | 85 |
Download table data for ‘Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, area and gender’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, area and gender’ (CSV)
Summary of Science attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, area and gender Summary
The data shows that:
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Overall, girls outperformed boys in every local authority except Barking and Dagenham in London where attainment was the same
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for Asian pupils, the largest attainment gap was in Central Bedfordshire in the East of England, where 100% of girls met the expected standard, compared to only 70% of boys
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for Black pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Harrow in London, where 91% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 58% of boys
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for Chinese pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Worcestershire in the West Midlands, where 100% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 60% of boys
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for Mixed pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Calderdale in Yorkshire and the Humber, where 100% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 71% of boys
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for White pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Barnsley in Yorkshire and the Humber, where 87% of girls met the expected standard, compared to 73% of boys
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please be aware except for the information for White pupils, the statistics quoted for reading by ethnicity, gender and local authority are based on small numbers of pupils and are highly variable over time
8. Methodology
The key stage 1 dataset is compiled using information matched together from three data sources:
- key stage 1 teacher assessment results
- prior attainment results in phonics
- school census records
Key stage 1 results received from local authorities are combined with pupil characteristics from the school census by the department’s contractor.
Records are matched using identifiers such as surname, forename, date of birth, unique pupil number (UPN), gender and postcode. This successfully matches around 98% of results.
Key stage 1 assessment results are not published at school level. The coverage of the local authority (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.
The information is collected from 16,337 school (approximately 650,000 pupils).
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.
Any pupils who do not have a valid key stage 1 outcome for a subject are excluded from the calculations for that subject and do not appear in the number of eligible pupils or in the outcome percentages.
For science, the valid outcomes are:
- has not met the expected standard (HNM)
- working at the expected standard (EXS)
- absent (A)
- disapplied (D)
As with phonics, we include pupils with ‘A’ or ‘D’ to ensure complete coverage of the cohort. In the 2016 data, there were no pupils with maladministration in any subject.
Suppression rules and disclosure control
Values of 1 or 2 or a percentage based on 1 or 2 pupils who achieved, or did not achieve, a particular standard are suppressed. Some additional figures may be suppressed to prevent the possibility of a suppressed figure being revealed. This suppression is consistent with DfE’s statistical policy on confidentiality.
Figures for the Isles of Scilly and City of London are suppressed in DfE’s key stage 1 and phonics Statistical First Release as these local authorities have a single school and DfE do not publish school level information for key stage 1 or phonics.
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, tables and downloads are rounded to the nearest whole number.
Related publications
Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2016
Quality and methodology information
9. Data sources
Source
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016
Type of data
Administrative data
Type of statistic
National Statistics
Publisher
Department for Education
Publication frequency
Yearly
Purpose of data source
This data provides results for the 2016 phonics screening checks and key stage 1 national curriculum assessments for pupils in schools in England. The results are used to monitor pupils’ attainment and progress in reading, writing, science and mathematics.
10. Download the data
This file contains: ethnicity, year, gender, FSM status, denominator
This file contains: ethnicity, year, gender, denominator, region, local authority