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

Published 10 October 2017

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1. Main facts and figures

• 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%)

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

• 82% of all pupils met the expected standard for science at the end of year 1

• 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

• Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard at 39%

• 84% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 79% of boys

• 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 with 52% of girls

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

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

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

What the data measures

This data measures the 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).

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

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
• Other Black background

Chinese Other ethnic group

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

The 6 broad categories used are as follows:

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

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

The 5 broad categories are as follows:

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

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

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

Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in science by ethnicity

Ethnicity	Expected standard
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

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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 Summary

The data shows that:

• overall, 82% of pupils met the expected standard (making this the national average)

• 84% of White British pupils met the expected standard

• 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)

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

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

Ethnicity	FSM	Non-FSM
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

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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 eligibility for free school meals (FSM) Summary

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

The data shows that:

• 69% of FSM-eligible pupils met the expected standard, compared with 84% who were not eligible (making these the national averages)

• Gypsy/Roma FSM-eligible pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard – 43% did so, the lowest percentage of any ethnic group

• 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

• 67% of FSM-eligible Irish pupils met the expected standard, compared with 89% of those not eligible (the biggest attainment gap, at 22 percentage points)

• 67% of FSM-eligible White British pupils met the expected standard, compared with 86% of those not eligible (an attainment gap of 19 percentage points)

• 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 with 38% not eligible (a gap of 5 percentage points)

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

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

Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard for science by ethnicity and area

Local authority	All	Asian	Black	Chinese	Mixed	White
Barking and Dagenham	82	84	86		82	79
Barnet	83	86	78	88	83	85
Barnsley	80	82	90		84	80
Bath and North East Somerset	83	79			80	83
Bedford	81	74	82	100	83	82
Bexley	86	92	90		86	84
Birmingham	74	74	74	83	76	75
Blackburn with Darwen	82	81	70	100	83	83
Blackpool	84	77		60	86	85
Bolton	79	81	69		81	81
Bournemouth	84	77	79		88	85
Bracknell Forest	86	94	88		91	85
Bradford	76	75	72		78	77
Brent	80	82	80	100	87	79
Brighton and Hove	85	81	81	100	84	86
Bristol, City of	80	76	71		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		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
Cornwall	85			100	86	85
County Durham	84	92	75		86	84
Coventry	77	82	76		79	76
Croydon	83	87	81		83	83
Cumbria	83	87	100		84	83
Darlington	84	71			89	84
Derby	75	80	81	87	80	74
Derbyshire	86	88	74	86	88	86
Devon	82	77	57		82	82
Doncaster	78	78	71	68	83	79
Dorset	81	81	100	70	83	81
Dudley	81	76	80		83	82
Ealing	79	78	75	100	88	81
East Riding of Yorkshire	85	85	100	100	86	85
East Sussex	84	89	78		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		81	82
Greenwich	86	90	88	86	87	84
Hackney	85	88	83	83	88	86
Halton	78	100			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			81	80
Havering	86	89	84		89	86
Herefordshire, County of	85	70	100		93	85
Hertfordshire	85	84	83	95	88	85
Hillingdon	81	84	78		82	81
Hounslow	86	90	83		88	85
Isle of Wight	81				83	82
Isles of Scilly
Islington	80	75	76	70	85	83
Kensington and Chelsea	88	89	85		89	91
Kent	86	88	85	90	88	86
Kingston upon Hull, City of	77	89	65		80	78
Kingston upon Thames	85	81	81		85	87
Kirklees	79	75	75	81	77	82
Knowsley	77	100		100	84	76
Lambeth	84	85	80		87	86
Lancashire	82	79	81	76	79	82
Leeds	74	73	69	75	71	76
Leicester	74	81	74		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		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			100	90	78
North Lincolnshire	87	90	60	100	86	87
North Somerset	85	90			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			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		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		76	77
Redbridge	80	85	76	86	81	76
Redcar and Cleveland	82	67			70	82
Richmond upon Thames	89	83	87		88	90
Rochdale	79	77	68		82	81
Rotherham	79	78	69		81	80
Rutland	86	100				86
Salford	81	82	80		83	83
Sandwell	74	75	73	55	75	75
Sefton	81	84			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		85	84
Somerset	86	77	64	75	86	86
South Gloucestershire	86	87	76		87	87
South Tyneside	82	84	75		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			73	77
Staffordshire	84	80	76	83	86	85
Stockport	84	82	82		85	84
Stockton-on-Tees	87	88	90		83	87
Stoke-on-Trent	77	77	83	70	81	77
Suffolk	81	84	75	100	79	81
Sunderland	84	79			85	84
Surrey	86	84	85	88	86	87
Sutton	81	83	77	82	88	80
Swindon	78	78	80		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		100	84	81
Tower Hamlets	80	80	81		81	79
Trafford	86	85	83	90	82	86
Wakefield	80	70	80		79	81
Walsall	78	81	80		78	78
Waltham Forest	86	87	86	84	88	86
Wandsworth	85	86	79	84	83	90
Warrington	86	84			90	86
Warwickshire	84	85	75	84	85	84
West Berkshire	85	84		100	88	85
West Sussex	78	78	65	85	79	78
Westminster	80	84	83		84	84
Wigan	81	72	68		82	81
Wiltshire	83	88	80	79	85	83
Windsor and Maidenhead	88	87	83		85	89
Wirral	81	87	56	76	83	81
Wokingham	90	90	89		90	90
Wolverhampton	75	77	79	88	78	74
Worcestershire	84	73	70	78	84	85
York	83	74		57	86	84

Data withheld to protect confidentiality

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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 area Summary

• 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

• 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

• 100% of Chinese pupils met the expected standard in 25 local authorities

• Chinese pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard in Sandwell in the West Midlands

• pupils of Mixed ethnicity 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

• 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

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

Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard for science by ethnicity and gender

Ethnicity	Boys	Girls
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

The data shows that:

• 84% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 79% of boys

• 86% of White British girls met the expected standard, compared with 81% of White British boys (an attainment gap of 5 percentage points)

• 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

• Gypsy/Roma boys were least likely to meet the expected standard – 37% did so, the lowest percentage of any ethnic group

• 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)

• 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 with 52% of girls

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

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

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

Ethnicity	FSM Boys	FSM Girls	Non-FSM Boys	Non-FSM Girls
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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Summary of Science attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Science attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals (FSM) Summary

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

The data shows that:

• overall, 72% of FSM-eligible girls met the expected standard, compared with 65% of FSM-eligible boys

• 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

• of all FSM-eligible pupils, Chinese boys and girls were most likely to meet the expected standard – 82% and 83% did so respectively

• 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 with 65% of boys

• 64% of FSM-eligible White British boys met the expected standard, compared with 71% of FSM-eligible White British girls

• 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

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

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

	All		Asian		Black		Chinese		Mixed		White
Local authority	All Boys	All Girls	Asian Boys	Asian Girls	Black Boys	Black Girls	Chinese Boys	Chinese Girls	Mixed Boys	Mixed Girls	White Boys	White Girls
Barking and Dagenham	80	84	81	88	83	90			79	85	78	80
Barnet	82	84	86	86	77	79	84	90	81	84	84	87
Barnsley	77	83	70	100					88	79	77	84
Bath and North East Somerset	82	84							79	82	82	84
Bedford	79	83	70	79	72	91		100	80	86	81	83
Bexley	84	87	90	95	89	92	100		82	89	83	85
Birmingham	71	77	72	77	73	76	78	90	71	81	72	79
Blackburn with Darwen	80	84	79	84					84	83	82	85
Blackpool	82	86	71	82							83	86
Bolton	77	82	80	82	68	70			79	83	78	84
Bournemouth	81	87	74	81			100		83	92	82	88
Bracknell Forest	86	86	95	93				100			85	85
Bradford	73	79	73	78	68	76		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		100	76	81	80	85
Bromley	85	89	91	91	86	88			85	94	84	89
Buckinghamshire	80	84	73	75	73	76			80	86	82	87
Bury	77	84	76	81	72	71	100	100	68	88	78	85
Calderdale	72	77	57	59	100				68	78	76	81
Cambridgeshire	80	84	78	77	74	74			77	90	81	84
Camden	81	84	73	81	76	80			83	82	87	87
Central Bedfordshire	83	87	91	93	79	82		100	74	84	83	87
Cheshire East	80	84	79	71					90	83	80	85
Cheshire West and Chester	80	85	63	90			100	100	85	93	80	84
City of London
Cornwall	83	87		100			100	100	86	86	83	87
County Durham	81	86						100	82	89	82	87
Coventry	74	80	79	86	71	81		100	71	87	75	78
Croydon	80	86	84	89	76	85		100	79	87	82	85
Cumbria	81	86	84	89			100		77	89	81	86
Darlington	83	85	65	76		100					83	85
Derby	72	79	77	83	75	87			78	83	71	78
Derbyshire	84	88	87	90	73	75					85	87
Devon	80	84	71	85			100		80	86	80	85
Doncaster	76	81	77	78	65	79			76	88	77	81
Dorset	80	83	78	85	100	100			79	88	80	83
Dudley	77	85	72	81	79	82		100	79	89	78	86
Ealing	76	82	74	83	71	79	100	100	85	90	79	84
East Riding of Yorkshire	82	88							89	84	82	88
East Sussex	82	86	87	93			100		85	88	83	86
Enfield	74	80	84	89	72	80	77	77	78	87	74	78
Essex	80	85	78	84	76	84			81	86	81	85
Gateshead	81	86	77	72					79	79	81	87
Gloucestershire	81	83	80	92	77	81			80	82	81	84
Greenwich	84	89	90	91	86	90			85	89	81	88
Hackney	82	89	87	89	77	89			87	89	84	89
Halton	76	80									75	80
Hammersmith and Fulham	81	86	83	91	76	80			79	87	87	89
Hampshire	86	90	84	86	78	90			82	88	87	90
Haringey	81	86	80	93	78	86			88	87	82	85
Harrow	81	89	87	93	76	87	100	100	86	88	73	87
Hartlepool	76	84			100						75	85
Havering	84	89	85	93	78	93		100	88	91	85	88
Herefordshire, County of	84	85									84	86
Hertfordshire	83	87	81	88	81	85			85	91	84	87
Hillingdon	78	84	80	87	74	81			79	85	78	84
Hounslow	84	88	89	92	80	86			87	90	83	88
Isle of Wight	80	83		100					71	100	81	83
Isles of Scilly
Islington	78	82	70	79	73	79			82	86	82	84
Kensington and Chelsea	86	89			84	87			85	93	90	91
Kent	84	88	88	88	82	88	87	91	84	94	84	88
Kingston upon Hull, City of	75	80			58	71			78	82	75	81
Kingston upon Thames	84	87	81	80	83	78	100		85	84	84	89
Kirklees	77	82	72	78	70	79			75	81	81	84
Knowsley	74	81	100	100	100			100			73	80
Lambeth	81	86	83	87	77	84		100	85	89	85	87
Lancashire	79	84	78	79					74	83	80	85
Leeds	72	76	73	73	61	77	82	67	70	72	74	77
Leicester	72	77	79	83	69	80			67	79	67	71
Leicestershire	83	86	85	87	81	91			88	83	83	87
Lewisham	82	86	84	84	76	85	79	81	86	88	86	89
Lincolnshire	79	84					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			77	86	77	78
Manchester	73	80	69	79	74	85			77	81	76	81
Medway	80	84	88	79	85	90			89	84	79	84
Merton	83	88	86	89	84	92			82	89	83	86
Middlesbrough	72	78	68	78	81	81			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			84	91	75	77
Norfolk	83	87	87	92	78	85			84	90	83	87
North East Lincolnshire	75	83	100								74	83
North Lincolnshire	84	90	88	92							84	90
North Somerset	84	86	100	85					91	84	84	86
North Tyneside	80	85							81	86	81	85
North Yorkshire	82	86	70	93					83	88	83	86
Northamptonshire	78	84	77	86	69	81	81	100	77	83	79	84
Northumberland	84	90									84	90
Nottingham	72	79	76	82	75	83			74	80	71	78
Nottinghamshire	79	84	72	80	58	91	79	86	85	83	79	84
Oldham	69	75	62	70	66	65			79	78	74	81
Oxfordshire	82	85	73	77	74	81			85	86	82	86
Peterborough	71	78	71	78	76	87			72	80	71	77
Plymouth	77	80							78	73	77	81
Poole	84	88	77	86			100		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		73	79	73	81
Redbridge	78	83	83	87	74	78			80	82	72	81
Redcar and Cleveland	78	86									79	86
Richmond upon Thames	87	91	80	86	88	86		100	85	92	89	92
Rochdale	76	82	76	79	70	66			86	77	76	85
Rotherham	76	83	73	83	67	70	100		74	89	77	83
Rutland	85	87	100	100					100		85	87
Salford	79	84	80	85	76	85		100	78	89	81	85
Sandwell	71	78	71	80	68	78			70	80	72	77
Sefton	79	84					100		79	84	79	84
Sheffield	76	82	71	77	74	80			73	78	77	84
Shropshire	82	86									82	86
Slough	78	85	83	89	74	88			76	90	74	78
Solihull	80	87	74	82	79	79	100		80	91	81	87
Somerset	84	88	66	90					82	92	85	88
South Gloucestershire	85	88	83	89	70	86	100		83	89	85	88
South Tyneside	78	85	86	83					70	60	79	87
Southampton	78	84	77	88	80	83			80	84	78	83
Southend-on-Sea	79	86	78	92	80	79			71	88	80	86
Southwark	80	84	83	82	78	85	85	84	78	85	85	85
St. Helens	74	80					100		64	83	75	80
Staffordshire	82	87	77	84	69	85			81	91	83	87
Stockport	83	85	84	81					79	91	83	85
Stockton-on-Tees	84	89	79	96			100		82	83	84	90
Stoke-on-Trent	73	81	70	83	74	91			75	86	74	80
Suffolk	79	83	88	79	72	77			79	79	79	83
Sunderland	81	87	74	83		100					81	88
Surrey	85	88	83	86	80	89			81	91	85	89
Sutton	77	84	79	87	76	79			89	87	76	84
Swindon	75	80	76	81					69	83	76	80
Tameside	80	84	75	79	80	77			79	86	80	85
Telford and Wrekin	80	86	74	80	85	92			89	84	81	86
Thurrock	77	81	77	92	80	89			81	85	76	78
Torbay	79	84									79	83
Tower Hamlets	76	83	76	83	79	83			74	89	77	81
Trafford	83	88	80	89	80	88			81	83	84	89
Wakefield	76	84	62	77	77	83	100		76	84	77	84
Walsall	75	81	78	83	78	82		100	70	86	76	82
Waltham Forest	84	89	84	90	82	90			87	90	84	88
Wandsworth	83	87	80	93	77	81			84	81	89	91
Warrington	84	87	80	88		100		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				87	89	83	88
West Sussex	76	80	75	81	72	58			79	79	76	81
Westminster	78	83	80	88	85	81	100		78	90	83	86
Wigan	78	84	69	73	62	76		100	81	83	78	85
Wiltshire	81	85	86	89	76	87			82	89	82	85
Windsor and Maidenhead	86	89	82	93					86	83	88	90
Wirral	76	85	84	90							77	85
Wokingham	88	92	85	96	90	88		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		100			82	89	83	85

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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, area and gender Summary

The data shows that:

• overall, girls outperformed boys in every local authority except Barking and Dagenham in London where attainment was the same

• 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 with only 70% of boys

• for Black pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Harrow in London, where 91% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 58% of boys

• for Chinese pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Worcestershire in the West Midlands, where 100% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 60% of boys

• for pupils of Mixed ethnicity, the biggest attainment gap was in Calderdale in Yorkshire and the Humber, where 100% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 71% of boys

• for White pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Barnsley in Yorkshire and the Humber, where 87% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 73% of boys

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

8. Methodology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For science, the valid outcomes are:

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

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

Suppression rules and disclosure control

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

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

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

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

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

Rounding

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

Related publications

Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2016

Quality and methodology information

9. Data sources

Source

Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Type of data

Administrative data

Type of statistic

National Statistics

Publisher

Department for Education

Publication frequency

Yearly

Purpose of data source

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

10. Download the data

Expected standard in science for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) - national - Spreadsheet (csv) 58 KB

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

Expected standard in science for children aged 5 to 7 - local authority - Spreadsheet (csv) 577 KB

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

Publication release date: 10 October 2017

Updated: 5 March 2018

full page history

1. 5 March 2018 minor corrections for style
2. 10 October 2017 First published

From: Department for Education

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