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

Published 10 October 2017

Last updated 4 March 2018 - see all updates

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1. Main facts and figures

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

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

• Chinese and Indian pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard and Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard

• Chinese pupils were most likely to meet the higher standard, and Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to meet the higher standard

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 writing attainment of children in key stage 1 (years 1 to 2, when pupils are aged between 5 and 7).

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

The standards for this measure are divided in 2 categories:

• expected standard
• higher standard

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

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

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 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. Writing attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity

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

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

Ethnicity	Expected standard	Higher standard
All	66	13
Asian	69	15
Bangladeshi	69	14
Indian	77	22
Pakistani	63	10
Asian other	72	17
Black	69	14
Black African	71	15
Black Caribbean	64	10
Black other	66	12
Chinese	77	24
Mixed	68	15
Mixed White/Asian	73	20
Mixed White/Black African	69	15
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	61	10
Mixed other	69	17
White	65	13
White British	66	13
White Irish	68	17
White Irish Traveller	25	2
White Gypsy/Roma	20	1
White other	61	12
Other	61	12

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

This data shows that:

• Indian and Chinese pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard, and Chinese pupils were most likely to reach the higher standard

• 66% of White British pupils met the expected standard and 13% met the higher standard

• Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to reach both the expected and the higher standard

3. Writing 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 writing by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals

Ethnicity	FSM	Non-FSM
All	50	68
Asian	59	71
Bangladeshi	64	71
Indian	65	78
Pakistani	56	65
Asian other	61	73
Black	62	71
Black African	64	73
Black Caribbean	57	67
Black other	59	69
Chinese	74	77
Mixed	56	71
Mixed White/Asian	56	76
Mixed White/Black African	58	72
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	53	65
Mixed other	57	72
White	46	68
White British	47	69
White Irish	44	72
White Irish Traveller	24	27
White Gypsy/Roma	22	20
White other	51	61
Other	57	63

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Summary of Writing attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Writing 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:

• 50% of FSM-eligible pupils met the expected standard, compared with 68% who were not eligible

• 74% of FSM-eligible Chinese pupils met the expected standard (the highest percentage of any group of FSM-eligible pupils)

• the biggest gap in attainment, at 28 percentage points, was found among Irish pupils, where 44% of FSM-eligible pupils met the expected standard, compared with 72% of those not eligible

• 47% of FSM-eligible White British pupils met the expected standard, compared with 69% who were not eligible

4. Writing 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 achieving the expected standard in writing by ethnicity and area

Local authority	All	Asian	Black	Chinese	Mixed	White
Barking and Dagenham	68	77	75	69	67	60
Barnet	68	78	66	82	67	69
Barnsley	64	41	72		70	64
Bath and North East Somerset	64	72	60	63	61	64
Bedford	65	66	70	100	64	64
Bexley	75	90	83	81	78	71
Birmingham	61	63	65	82	61	59
Blackburn with Darwen	67	68	65		63	67
Blackpool	66	55		40	65	67
Bolton	64	69	56		67	64
Bournemouth	62	67	79	79	62	62
Bracknell Forest	68	82	71		76	67
Bradford	64	68	61	79	63	61
Brent	68	75	68		74	67
Brighton and Hove	67	70	64	82	66	67
Bristol, City of	62	63	57	81	59	63
Bromley	72	84	75	87	73	71
Buckinghamshire	65	61	64	76	65	66
Bury	63	64	59		63	64
Calderdale	54	47	44	57	52	56
Cambridgeshire	63	66	64	82	69	63
Camden	66	64	64	65	71	68
Central Bedfordshire	69	83	74	100	63	69
Cheshire East	58	63	55	55	66	58
Cheshire West and Chester	58	68	38		71	58
City of London
Cornwall	65	78			68	65
County Durham	70	82	67	67	73	70
Coventry	62	72	64	75	64	59
Croydon	69	79	68	81	68	66
Cumbria	57	77	100	69	57	57
Darlington	68	58			78	68
Derby	55	64	63	61	58	52
Derbyshire	65	77	67	73	66	65
Devon	62	63	57	75	65	63
Doncaster	64	61	68	63	70	64
Dorset	61	67	50		68	61
Dudley	65	63	78	73	68	64
Ealing	62	65	57		69	63
East Riding of Yorkshire	68	88		100	71	68
East Sussex	69	76	75		72	69
Enfield	66	81	66	65	71	63
Essex	68	78	73	82	70	68
Gateshead	69	68	69	75	58	69
Gloucestershire	61	65	60	77	62	62
Greenwich	76	86	81	83	77	71
Hackney	78	80	77	83	82	77
Halton	54	100			54	54
Hammersmith and Fulham	70	73	68	100	67	74
Hampshire	70	77	73	81	73	70
Haringey	74	82	77	83	79	73
Harrow	71	80	63		68	62
Hartlepool	65	64	56		69	65
Havering	70	78	74		69	69
Herefordshire, County of	68	60	100		80	67
Hertfordshire	71	76	74	89	73	71
Hillingdon	66	74	68	63	68	61
Hounslow	74	82	67	85	73	70
Isle of Wight	68				70	69
Isles of Scilly
Islington	69	71	65	70	72	70
Kensington and Chelsea	75	81	75		76	78
Kent	71	80	80	81	77	70
Kingston upon Hull, City of	65	76	52		74	65
Kingston upon Thames	65	70	60	75	61	65
Kirklees	63	64	66	81	64	62
Knowsley	58	89	50	100	73	57
Lambeth	72	73	70	75	76	74
Lancashire	67	67	73	76	67	67
Leeds	54	56	52	60	50	55
Leicester	59	66	62		58	52
Leicestershire	64	75	71	69	68	63
Lewisham	73	76	71	74	76	73
Lincolnshire	64	86	70	82	67	64
Liverpool	53	60	55	61	57	53
Luton	62	64	66	42	66	59
Manchester	63	63	67	81	67	63
Medway	68	76	84		75	67
Merton	64	71	64	83	58	62
Middlesbrough	57	58	76		54	58
Milton Keynes	65	72	69	78	73	61
Newcastle upon Tyne	67	68	68	82	73	67
Newham	75	79	77		81	65
Norfolk	70	80	72	86	72	69
North East Lincolnshire	68	77		100	75	68
North Lincolnshire	72	84	50	100	69	72
North Somerset	67	83			71	67
North Tyneside	68	79	78	60	71	67
North Yorkshire	63	75	50	76	61	63
Northamptonshire	64	74	64	79	65	63
Northumberland	70	81			67	70
Nottingham	58	64	66	86	62	55
Nottinghamshire	64	60	62	76	66	64
Oldham	59	56	50	71	62	63
Oxfordshire	62	57	61	82	61	62
Peterborough	61	63	66		65	60
Plymouth	62	80	71	73	69	62
Poole	68	79	62		78	67
Portsmouth	63	63	62	100	63	63
Reading	65	70	68		58	64
Redbridge	68	74	63	77	68	60
Redcar and Cleveland	71	53			70	71
Richmond upon Thames	68	72	62		68	68
Rochdale	61	56	58		62	63
Rotherham	65	70	60	64	62	65
Rutland	70				63	71
Salford	67	73	69	63	67	68
Sandwell	59	66	63	50	58	56
Sefton	63	71	63		64	63
Sheffield	65	65	65	82	64	65
Shropshire	62	80			70	62
Slough	68	76	72	100	69	57
Solihull	70	74	71	57	73	69
Somerset	67	66	43	67	68	67
South Gloucestershire	67	75	63	74	72	66
South Tyneside	72	75	75		62	72
Southampton	69	73	71	80	72	68
Southend-on-Sea	69	75	68	71	67	69
Southwark	70	77	71	78	67	72
St. Helens	58	42		50	63	58
Staffordshire	68	73	59	71	68	68
Stockport	68	74	70	65	70	67
Stockton-on-Tees	68	76	72		61	68
Stoke-on-Trent	61	63	67	70	65	61
Suffolk	64	69	59	100	65	64
Sunderland	70	72	84	69	77	70
Surrey	69	75	78	84	73	69
Sutton	68	80	71	88	78	64
Swindon	63	71	69	77	68	61
Tameside	63	62	71	60	68	63
Telford and Wrekin	68	69	83	100	70	68
Thurrock	68	76	78	80	68	65
Torbay	65	82			71	65
Tower Hamlets	70	72	69	88	71	65
Trafford	69	69	70	76	63	69
Wakefield	62	58	65	79	69	63
Walsall	62	68	71		62	61
Waltham Forest	74	77	73	80	79	72
Wandsworth	76	80	71	80	70	80
Warrington	71	73	75		75	71
Warwickshire	67	79	66	84	70	66
West Berkshire	65	83	85		72	64
West Sussex	53	64	49	69	57	52
Westminster	70	74	79	80	74	70
Wigan	67	72	74	58	73	67
Wiltshire	63	74	70	84	72	63
Windsor and Maidenhead	72	73	67		75	72
Wirral	62	77	33	48	71	62
Wokingham	69	79	74	81	75	67
Wolverhampton	62	66	72	58	63	59
Worcestershire	61	53	56	67	64	62
York	63	57		43	67	64

Data withheld to protect confidentiality

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

This data shows that:

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

• Black pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Cumbria in the North West and Herefordshire in the West Midlands, and least likely to meet it in Wirral in the North West

• 100% of Chinese pupils met the expected standard in 11 local authorities; Chinese pupils were least likely to meet the expected standard in Blackpool in the North West

• Mixed pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Hackney in London, and least likely to meet it in Leeds in Yorkshire and the Humber

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

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

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

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

	Boys		Girls
Ethnicity	Boys Expected standard	Boys Higher standard	Girls Expected standard	Girls Higher standard
All	59	10	73	17
Asian	63	11	76	19
Bangladeshi	63	10	76	17
Indian	72	17	83	27
Pakistani	57	7	70	13
Asian other	66	13	78	21
Black	62	10	76	17
Black African	64	11	77	19
Black Caribbean	56	7	71	13
Black other	60	9	73	16
Chinese	72	20	82	29
Mixed	61	12	75	19
Mixed White/Asian	66	15	79	25
Mixed White/Black African	62	12	75	18
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	54	7	70	13
Mixed other	62	12	76	21
White	58	9	72	17
White British	58	9	73	17
White Irish	61	12	75	22
White Irish Traveller	20	1	31	3
White Gypsy/Roma	15	1	26	1
White other	55	9	67	15
Other	55	9	68	14

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

This data shows that:

• overall, girls did better than boys across all ethnic groups

• Indian girls were most likely to reach the expected standard, and Chinese girls were most likely to reach the higher standard

• Gypsy/Roma boys were least likely to reach the expected standard, and Gypsy/Roma boys and girls and Traveller of Irish Heritage boys were least likely to reach the higher standard

• 73% of White British girls met the expected standard, compared with 58% of White British boys, and 17% of White British girls met the higher standard, compared with 9% of White British boys

• for the expected standard, the biggest attainment gap between girls and boys, at 16 percentage points, was found among Mixed White and Black Caribbean pupils, where 54% of boys met the expected standard, compared with 70% of girls

• for the higher standard, the biggest attainment gap between girls and boys, at 10 percentage points, was found among Indian, Mixed White and Asian, and Irish pupils

6. Writing 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 in writing by ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals

Ethnicity	FSM Boys	FSM Girls	Non-FSM Boys	Non-FSM Girls
All	42	58	61	75
Asian	52	66	65	77
Asian - Bangladeshi	56	72	64	76
Asian - Indian	62	69	73	84
Asian - Pakistani	48	63	58	72
Asian - Any other	55	67	67	80
Black	54	70	65	78
Black - African	56	72	67	79
Black - Caribbean	47	67	60	73
Black - Any other	52	67	63	76
Chinese	71	78	73	82
Mixed	48	64	64	78
Mixed - White and Asian	48	64	69	82
Mixed - White and Black African	51	65	65	78
Mixed - White and Black Caribbean	44	63	58	72
Mixed - Any other	50	63	64	79
White	39	55	61	75
White - British	39	55	62	76
White - Irish	38	50	65	80
White - Traveller of Irish Heritage	20	28	21	36
White - Gypsy/Roma	15	28	15	25
White - Any other	45	57	56	67
Other	49	66	57	69

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Summary of Writing attainments for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) Writing 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.

This data shows that:

• overall, FSM-eligible girls did better than FSM-eligible boys

• Gypsy/Roma boys were least likely to meet the expected standard - there was no difference for these pupils between those eligible for FSM and those who are not eligible

• Of all FSM-eligible pupils, Chinese girls were most likely to meet the expected standard

• 39% of FSM-eligible White British boys met the expected standard, compared with 55% of FSM-eligible White British girls

• of all FSM-eligible pupils, the biggest attainment gap between girls and boys, at 20 percentage points, was found among Black Caribbean pupils, where 67% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 47% of boys

7. Writing attainment for children aged 5 to 7 by ethnicity, gender 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 in writing 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
Bedford	59	71	58	75	62	78		100	59	70	59	69
Cambridgeshire	56	70	63	70	57	71	80	84	59	80	56	70
Central Bedfordshire	62	76	77	88	68	80		100	57	69	62	76
Essex	60	76	73	84	66	80	76	88	65	75	60	76
Hertfordshire	65	78	70	83	68	79			66	80	65	77
Luton	55	69	56	71	62	72			61	73	53	66
Norfolk	62	77	73	88	72	73			68	76	62	77
Peterborough	52	70	53	73	54	79			58	71	52	69
Southend-on-Sea	60	78	69	80	63	74			54	80	59	79
Suffolk	56	71	68	70	47	69			60	70	56	72
Thurrock	63	74	68	84	71	86			59	77	61	70
Derby	48	61	57	71	52	75	64	56	51	65	46	58
Derbyshire	58	73	76	77					56	81	57	73
Leicester	52	67	60	73	53	72			50	66	45	60
Leicestershire	57	72	70	79	59	80	67	71	65	70	56	71
Lincolnshire	56	72					64	100	62	73	55	72
Northamptonshire	57	70	68	80	56	74			60	71	57	69
Nottingham	52	65	58	71	57	75			56	68	49	62
Nottinghamshire	56	72	54	66	40	82	67	86	63	69	56	73
Rutland	63	76		100							64	77
Barking and Dagenham	62	75	70	83	68	82			58	76	54	66
Barnet	63	74	74	82	60	72	76	87	60	74	64	74
Bexley	70	80	86	93	81	86			74	82	65	77
Brent	64	73	72	77	63	73			65	82	63	70
Bromley	65	79	80	89	66	84			64	84	64	77
Camden	61	72	58	72	58	71			68	73	63	73
City of London
Croydon	62	75	72	87	60	75			62	75	61	71
Ealing	55	69	59	72	50	63		100	59	79	56	71
Enfield	60	72	77	85	59	73	62	69	64	78	58	68
Greenwich	70	82	83	89	76	85			70	83	65	77
Hackney	73	83	78	82	71	83			79	86	73	82
Hammersmith and Fulham	66	75	72	73	63	73			63	73	69	78
Haringey	69	80	75	88	70	82			74	83	68	78
Harrow	63	79	74	87	53	74		100	66	70	52	73
Havering	63	78	67	91	65	86			60	77	62	76
Hillingdon	59	74	67	81	62	73			60	76	53	70
Hounslow	69	79	78	87	61	75			71	76	63	76
Islington	65	72	65	75	61	69			66	78	67	74
Kensington and Chelsea	72	79			72	79			64	86	75	81
Kingston upon Thames	59	71	67	72	53	66	77	73	59	63	57	72
Lambeth	66	78	63	84	64	76			67	84	69	78
Lewisham	67	79	74	79	65	78	68	81	73	80	68	79
Merton	57	70	68	73	54	72			48	68	56	68
Newham	69	81	74	85	71	83	100		74	88	59	71
Redbridge	62	74	69	78	60	67			61	76	52	69
Richmond upon Thames	61	76	67	77	50	76		100	61	76	62	76
Southwark	65	76	75	79	65	78	73	84	60	75	67	76
Sutton	61	76	74	85	69	74			72	84	55	73
Tower Hamlets	63	77	64	79	65	74			57	85	59	70
Waltham Forest	69	80	72	82	63	83			76	81	67	77
Wandsworth	72	81	74	87	64	78			67	72	77	83
Westminster	64	75	69	79	79	78	100	73	63	84	63	78
County Durham	63	77	82	81					67	79	63	77
Darlington	62	74	41	71		100					63	74
Gateshead	62	76	68	68	56	76			50	67	62	77
Hartlepool	57	74	68	56							56	74
Middlesbrough	49	66	53	66	69	81			47	62	50	66
Newcastle upon Tyne	61	73	61	74	64	72			65	84	62	73
North Tyneside	61	76	74	85					70	72	61	75
Northumberland	64	77	73	85					63	71	64	77
Redcar and Cleveland	64	79									64	79
South Tyneside	66	78	79	72	67	100			67	53	66	79
Stockton-on-Tees	60	77	66	85	72	73			53	69	60	77
Sunderland	62	78	61	81					65	88	62	77
Blackburn with Darwen	59	75	60	77					57	69	59	75
Blackpool	61	72	57	53					58	74	61	73
Bolton	58	71	63	75	54	58			64	70	57	72
Bury	57	70	59	68	56	62	100		42	79	57	71
Cheshire East	50	66	59	68					63	68	50	66
Cheshire West and Chester	50	68	51	87					63	81	49	67
Cumbria	50	64	80	74					41	72	50	64
Halton	46	61							58	50	46	62
Knowsley	50	66	78	100				100	65	80	49	65
Lancashire	59	74	63	72	61	84			59	75	59	74
Liverpool	45	61	55	63	50	58	49	78	43	69	45	62
Manchester	57	70	56	70	61	75	76	87	61	72	58	69
Oldham	52	66	47	64	40	58	70	73	60	66	56	70
Rochdale	52	70	48	63	56	59			58	67	53	74
Salford	61	74	68	77	61	77			62	74	62	75
Sefton	54	71	60	81			100		52	76	55	71
St. Helens	50	65							55	72	50	65
Stockport	62	74	73	76	63	76	60	70	58	82	61	74
Tameside	56	71	56	68	64	77			57	77	55	71
Trafford	61	77	60	76	62	80	63	85	56	71	61	78
Warrington	64	78	60	86				100	70	80	64	78
Wigan	59	75	69	73	71	76			65	80	59	75
Wirral	54	71	76	77			44	50	67	75	53	72
Bracknell Forest	63	74	79	88	68	73		100	74	79	61	73
Brighton and Hove	60	73	71	70	47	82	50	100	65	67	60	74
Buckinghamshire	58	73	56	67	54	73			56	74	59	74
East Sussex	62	76	69	85				100	63	81	62	76
Hampshire	63	78	75	79	62	84	73	88	64	82	63	77
Isle of Wight	62	75		100							63	74
Kent	65	78	76	85	74	86	74	86	72	84	64	78
Medway	63	73	77	75	81	87			72	78	61	72
Milton Keynes	57	72	65	80	61	78	77	79	66	78	54	69
Oxfordshire	54	69	48	64	53	69			55	68	55	70
Portsmouth	55	71	56	70	57	68	100	100	57	70	54	72
Reading	58	72	62	78	66	71	100		54	63	55	73
Slough	61	75	69	83	59	85			60	77	53	62
Southampton	61	76	66	80	69	72			68	76	60	76
Surrey	62	77	71	79	71	84	85	82	63	83	62	76
West Berkshire	59	72							62	82	58	70
West Sussex	44	62	58	70	46	52			50	64	43	62
Windsor and Maidenhead	66	78	65	81					74	76	67	78
Wokingham	63	76	73	85	69	79			70	80	60	74
Bath and North East Somerset	58	71	69	75					51	73	59	70
Bournemouth	55	68	62	73					48	74	55	68
Bristol, City of	54	70	60	67	45	69	75	100	51	67	55	71
Cornwall	57	73						100	58	81	56	73
Devon	55	71	56	73			100	63	60	70	55	71
Dorset	53	69	61	75					55	79	53	68
Gloucestershire	55	68	56	74	56	63			55	69	55	69
Isles of Scilly
North Somerset	60	76				100			65	81	59	75
Plymouth	55	70							64	71	55	70
Poole	63	73	77	81					75	80	63	73
Somerset	60	74	60	72					61	76	60	74
South Gloucestershire	62	72	67	82	60	67			58	81	62	71
Swindon	53	73	62	81	56	86			57	82	51	71
Torbay	57	74							61	86	57	74
Wiltshire	57	70	71	76	63	81			66	78	56	70
Birmingham	54	68	57	70	58	71	73	92	52	70	51	67
Coventry	55	70	65	78	58	72			56	72	52	66
Dudley	57	73	59	68	70	86			63	74	56	73
Herefordshire, County of	61	75							72	86	61	75
Sandwell	51	67	58	75	54	72			50	67	49	63
Shropshire	54	71							49	92	54	71
Solihull	64	77	69	78	58	84			67	80	63	76
Staffordshire	60	76	68	78	38	85			58	77	60	76
Stoke-on-Trent	53	69	53	72	52	82			53	77	54	68
Telford and Wrekin	61	76	60	79	73	89			76	63	60	76
Walsall	55	69	61	76	69	73		100	54	70	54	68
Warwickshire	60	75	73	86	58	74	70	100	62	77	59	74
Wolverhampton	55	69	60	74	64	80			54	74	52	65
Worcestershire	54	69	49	59	63	38			52	78	55	69
Barnsley	55	73	30	57	67	76			66	76	56	73
Bradford	57	71	61	75	48	73			53	74	54	68
Calderdale	46	63	41	54					46	59	48	65
Doncaster	57	71	55	67	59	79	69	50	57	79	58	71
East Riding of Yorkshire	60	75							60	80	60	75
Kingston upon Hull, City of	59	71	76	75	42	63			73	75	58	72
Kirklees	56	70	57	73	56	76			55	74	56	69
Leeds	48	61	52	61	42	62	63	57	46	55	48	63
North East Lincolnshire	61	76							71	80	60	76
North Lincolnshire	66	79	79	89							65	79
North Yorkshire	56	71	62	90	25	79			50	72	56	71
Rotherham	58	73	59	79	52	67			49	75	58	73
Sheffield	57	73	55	74	63	68			55	73	57	73
Wakefield	54	71	45	72	59	71			59	79	55	71
York	57	70	55	58		100			55	78	58	70

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

This data shows that:

• for Asian pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Cheshire West, in the North West, where 87% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 51% of boys

• for Black pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in North Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber, where 79% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 25% of boys

• for Chinese pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Brighton and Hove in the South East, where 100% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 50% of boys

• for Mixed pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Shropshire in the West Midlands, where 92% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 49% of boys

• for White pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Harrow in London, where 73% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 52% of boys and Rochdale, where 74% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 53%

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

8. Methodology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For science, the valid outcomes are:

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

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

Suppression rules and disclosure control

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

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

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

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

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

Rounding

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

Related publications

Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2016

Quality and methodology information

9. Data sources

Source

Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Type of data

Administrative data

Type of statistic

National Statistics

Publisher

Department for Education

Publication frequency

Yearly

Purpose of data source

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

10. Download the data

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

This file contains: ethnicity, year, gender, denominator

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

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

Expected standard in writing for children aged 5 to 7 (key stage 1) - local authority - Spreadsheet (csv) 564 KB

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

Publication release date: 10 October 2017

Updated: 4 March 2018

full page history

1. 4 March 2018 minor corrections for style
2. 30 November 2017 Minor updates for style and accuracy
3. 10 October 2017 First published

From: Department for Education

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