Writing attainments for children aged 6 to 7 (key stage 1)
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1. Main facts and figures
- overall, 68% of pupils finishing year 2 in 2016/17 met the expected standard in writing and 16% of pupils met the higher standard (making these figures the national averages)
- Chinese pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard and Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to do so, at 82% and 22% respectively
- Chinese pupils were most likely to meet the higher standard and Gypsy/Roma pupils were least likely to do so, at 29% and 1% respectively
- across all ethnic groups, a higher percentage of girls than boys met both the expected and higher standards
- within every ethnic group, a lower percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) met the expected standard than those who were not eligible
Things you need to know
In 2016/17, there were 653,945 pupils at the end of year 2, and ethnicity was known for 646,520 (99%) of them.
Of those whose ethnicity was known, 75% were White, 11% were Asian, 6% were Black, 6% were Mixed, 2% were from the Other ethnic group and 0.5% were Chinese.
The 2015/16 key stage 1 assessments were the first to assess the new, more challenging national curriculum. The expected standard was raised to be higher than the old level 2. As a result, figures for 2015/16 and 2016/17 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.
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 at the end of key stage 1 (year 2) when pupils are aged 6 to 7 years.
The data covers the academic year 2016/17 (September 2016 to July 2017). Data for the academic year 2015/16 is available in the download file.
The standards for this measure are divided into 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'.
To reach the higher standard, pupils must have have been assessed by a teacher as 'working at a greater depth within the expected standard'.
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. Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity
Ethnicity | Expected standard | Higher standard |
---|---|---|
All | 68 | 16 |
Asian | 72 | 17 |
Bangladeshi | 70 | 16 |
Indian | 79 | 24 |
Pakistani | 66 | 12 |
Asian other | 74 | 19 |
Black | 71 | 16 |
Black African | 72 | 17 |
Black Caribbean | 66 | 12 |
Black other | 68 | 15 |
Chinese | 82 | 29 |
Mixed | 70 | 17 |
Mixed White/Asian | 75 | 21 |
Mixed White/Black African | 71 | 17 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 64 | 12 |
Mixed other | 71 | 18 |
White | 68 | 15 |
White British | 68 | 16 |
White Irish | 68 | 17 |
White Irish Traveller | 26 | 2 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 22 | 1 |
White other | 64 | 14 |
Other | 64 | 13 |
Download table data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity’ (CSV)
Summary of Writing attainments for children aged 6 to 7 (key stage 1) Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity Summary
This data shows that:
- overall, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in writing and 16% met the higher standard, making these figures the national averages in 2016/17
- 82% of Chinese pupils met the expected standard and 29% met the higher standard (the highest percentages of any ethnic group)
- 22% of pupils from the Gypsy/Roma pupils met the expected standard and 1% met the higher standard (the lowest percentages of any ethnic group)
- 68% of White British pupils met the expected standard and 16% met the higher standard
3. Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)
Ethnicity | FSM | Non-FSM |
---|---|---|
% | % | |
All | 52 | 71 |
Asian | 62 | 73 |
Bangladeshi | 64 | 71 |
Indian | 67 | 80 |
Pakistani | 60 | 67 |
Asian other | 64 | 75 |
Black | 63 | 73 |
Black African | 65 | 74 |
Black Caribbean | 58 | 69 |
Black other | 60 | 70 |
Chinese | 75 | 82 |
Mixed | 56 | 74 |
Mixed White/Asian | 54 | 78 |
Mixed White/Black African | 63 | 73 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 53 | 69 |
Mixed other | 57 | 74 |
White | 48 | 71 |
White British | 49 | 72 |
White Irish | 38 | 73 |
White Irish Traveller | 22 | 30 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 21 | 22 |
White other | 53 | 65 |
Other | 57 | 65 |
Download table data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)’ (CSV)
Summary of Writing attainments for children aged 6 to 7 (key stage 1) Writing attainment for children aged 6 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:
- in 2016/17, there were 92,319 pupils eligible for free school meals in year 2 (14% of all pupils)
- overall, 52% of FSM-eligible pupils met the expected standard, compared with 71% who were not eligible (a gap of 19 percentage points)
- in every ethnic group, FSM-eligible pupils were less likely to meet the expected standard than those not eligible
- 75% of FSM-eligible Chinese pupils met the expected standard (the highest percentage of any group of FSM-eligible pupils)
- 21% of FSM-eligible Gypsy/Roma pupils met the expected standard (the lowest percentage of any group of FSM-eligible pupils)
- 49% of FSM-eligible White British pupils met the expected standard, compared with 72% who were not eligible
- the largest gap in attainment between FSM-eligible pupils and those not eligible was found in the White Irish group, where 38% and 73% met the standard respectively (a gap of 35 percentage points)
4. Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and area
Local authority | All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | % | % | |
Barking and Dagenham | 69 | 75 | 75 | 58 | 69 | 62 |
Barnet | 71 | 76 | 68 | 84 | 72 | 72 |
Barnsley | 67 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 67 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 68 | 54 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 68 | 69 |
Bedford | 66 | 69 | 69 | 100 | 64 | 66 |
Bexley | 75 | 89 | 84 | 88 | 72 | 72 |
Birmingham | 65 | 68 | 67 | 82 | 66 | 62 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 67 | 70 | 62 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 74 | 66 |
Blackpool | 66 | 70 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 72 | 66 |
Bolton | 66 | 71 | 55 | 80 | 74 | 66 |
Bournemouth | 67 | 75 | 73 | 100 | 77 | 67 |
Bracknell Forest | 67 | 84 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 65 |
Bradford | 66 | 70 | 66 | 100 | 63 | 63 |
Brent | 68 | 71 | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 68 |
Brighton and Hove | 69 | 62 | 71 | 79 | 66 | 70 |
Bristol, City of | 65 | 65 | 55 | 85 | 63 | 66 |
Bromley | 74 | 83 | 78 | 79 | 75 | 73 |
Buckinghamshire | 69 | 64 | 61 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 70 |
Bury | 66 | 63 | 68 | 70 | 63 | 68 |
Calderdale | 60 | 51 | 65 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 62 |
Cambridgeshire | 64 | 68 | 60 | 88 | 69 | 64 |
Camden | 67 | 64 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 68 |
Central Bedfordshire | 70 | 82 | 81 | 100 | 76 | 69 |
Cheshire East | 68 | 84 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 66 | 68 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 64 | 68 | 67 | 50 | 73 | 63 |
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 | 65 | 65 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 65 |
County Durham | 72 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | 70 | 72 |
Coventry | 64 | 72 | 66 | 75 | 66 | 61 |
Croydon | 69 | 73 | 68 | 83 | 69 | 67 |
Cumbria | 64 | 66 | 63 | 62 | 68 | 64 |
Darlington | 70 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 69 |
Derby | 63 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 57 | 64 |
Derbyshire | 68 | 70 | 64 | 75 | 70 | 68 |
Devon | 69 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 76 | 69 |
Doncaster | 66 | 70 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 61 | 66 |
Dorset | 67 | 79 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 68 | 67 |
Dudley | 63 | 63 | 65 | 71 | 59 | 64 |
Ealing | 68 | 69 | 61 | 77 | 70 | 72 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 70 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 70 |
East Sussex | 71 | 74 | 61 | 86 | 73 | 71 |
Enfield | 65 | 80 | 68 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 61 |
Essex | 70 | 83 | 79 | 87 | 73 | 69 |
Gateshead | 70 | 80 | 61 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 71 |
Gloucestershire | 66 | 72 | 68 | 82 | 69 | 66 |
Greenwich | 76 | 84 | 81 | 90 | 79 | 71 |
Hackney | 77 | 79 | 75 | 79 | 80 | 77 |
Halton | 58 | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | 55 | 58 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 72 | 80 | 68 | 100 | 73 | 75 |
Hampshire | 74 | 81 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 73 |
Haringey | 74 | 81 | 74 | 85 | 80 | 73 |
Harrow | 73 | 80 | 63 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 66 |
Hartlepool | 69 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 77 | 69 |
Havering | 71 | 81 | 78 | 100 | 73 | 69 |
Herefordshire, County of | 72 | 56 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 74 | 72 |
Hertfordshire | 71 | 81 | 70 | 86 | 74 | 70 |
Hillingdon | 70 | 78 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 64 |
Hounslow | 74 | 79 | 70 | 80 | 76 | 72 |
Isle of Wight | 62 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 62 |
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 | 71 | 67 | 69 | 100 | 73 | 71 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 75 | 65 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 78 |
Kent | 72 | 78 | 84 | 91 | 76 | 72 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 66 | 71 | 45 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 66 |
Kingston upon Thames | 71 | 79 | 67 | 85 | 71 | 68 |
Kirklees | 64 | 66 | 63 | 54 | 60 | 65 |
Knowsley | 63 | 65 | 81 | 100 | 52 | 63 |
Lambeth | 73 | 81 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 75 |
Lancashire | 68 | 67 | 69 | 79 | 68 | 68 |
Leeds | 59 | 61 | 54 | 86 | 57 | 59 |
Leicester | 64 | 71 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 56 |
Leicestershire | 68 | 79 | 67 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 67 |
Lewisham | 73 | 75 | 73 | 79 | 72 | 74 |
Lincolnshire | 65 | 90 | 59 | 70 | 65 | 65 |
Liverpool | 57 | 56 | 58 | 72 | 59 | 57 |
Luton | 64 | 65 | 70 | 58 | 64 | 63 |
Manchester | 65 | 64 | 71 | 76 | 65 | 65 |
Medway | 73 | 84 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 72 |
Merton | 69 | 75 | 71 | 79 | 71 | 67 |
Middlesbrough | 62 | 65 | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 53 | 63 |
Milton Keynes | 69 | 80 | 73 | 80 | 73 | 66 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 68 | 64 | 75 | 78 | 70 | 69 |
Newham | 73 | 76 | 75 | 90 | 74 | 68 |
Norfolk | 67 | 80 | 68 | 82 | 63 | 67 |
North East Lincolnshire | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 68 |
North Lincolnshire | 71 | 84 | 58 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 88 | 70 |
North Somerset | 72 | 90 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 38 | 73 | 72 |
North Tyneside | 73 | 55 | 67 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 73 |
North Yorkshire | 68 | 75 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 68 |
Northamptonshire | 68 | 73 | 70 | 82 | 71 | 68 |
Northumberland | 74 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 74 |
Nottingham | 62 | 67 | 68 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 65 | 61 |
Nottinghamshire | 67 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 |
Oldham | 61 | 58 | 59 | 100 | 68 | 64 |
Oxfordshire | 66 | 67 | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 66 |
Peterborough | 63 | 65 | 67 | 79 | 66 | 62 |
Plymouth | 65 | 74 | 58 | 71 | 72 | 65 |
Poole | 72 | 82 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 71 | 72 |
Portsmouth | 66 | 67 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 66 |
Reading | 67 | 73 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 71 | 64 |
Redbridge | 71 | 77 | 65 | 90 | 68 | 65 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 72 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | 82 | 73 |
Richmond upon Thames | 72 | 79 | 67 | 77 | 75 | 72 |
Rochdale | 65 | 67 | 67 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 68 | 64 |
Rotherham | 69 | 70 | 71 | 80 | 64 | 69 |
Rutland | 72 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44 | N/A* | 100 | 72 |
Salford | 68 | 79 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 67 |
Sandwell | 64 | 69 | 66 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 66 | 60 |
Sefton | 66 | 78 | 60 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 59 | 66 |
Sheffield | 68 | 69 | 68 | 78 | 68 | 69 |
Shropshire | 66 | 77 | 70 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 65 |
Slough | 71 | 79 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 64 |
Solihull | 70 | 75 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 69 |
Somerset | 70 | 78 | 79 | 70 | 72 | 70 |
South Gloucestershire | 73 | 83 | 68 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 73 |
South Tyneside | 71 | 80 | 60 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 68 | 71 |
Southampton | 67 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 70 | 65 |
Southend-on-Sea | 71 | 80 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 68 | 71 |
Southwark | 73 | 72 | 75 | 79 | 73 | 73 |
St. Helens | 64 | 64 | 44 | 67 | 72 | 64 |
Staffordshire | 72 | 79 | 73 | 84 | 73 | 72 |
Stockport | 69 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 70 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 72 | 77 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 78 | 72 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 64 | 68 | 64 | 73 | 70 | 64 |
Suffolk | 66 | 78 | 70 | 43 | 66 | 66 |
Sunderland | 71 | 73 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 79 | 71 |
Surrey | 71 | 76 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 71 |
Sutton | 72 | 84 | 79 | 92 | 72 | 68 |
Swindon | 71 | 73 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 76 | 70 |
Tameside | 65 | 65 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 65 |
Telford and Wrekin | 69 | 73 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 69 |
Thurrock | 71 | 80 | 79 | 100 | 78 | 68 |
Torbay | 68 | 64 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 66 | 68 |
Tower Hamlets | 72 | 74 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 66 |
Trafford | 72 | 74 | 67 | 85 | 71 | 72 |
Wakefield | 65 | 63 | 61 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 77 | 65 |
Walsall | 63 | 69 | 70 | 64 | 65 | 60 |
Waltham Forest | 75 | 82 | 75 | 85 | 76 | 74 |
Wandsworth | 76 | 79 | 68 | 83 | 74 | 79 |
Warrington | 71 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 71 |
Warwickshire | 70 | 75 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 74 | 69 |
West Berkshire | 68 | 84 | 85 | 100 | 70 | 68 |
West Sussex | 61 | 60 | 61 | 75 | 66 | 60 |
Westminster | 70 | 67 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 71 | 75 |
Wigan | 69 | 75 | 70 | 67 | 79 | 69 |
Wiltshire | 65 | 77 | 73 | 64 | 64 | 65 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 73 | 79 | 67 | 100 | 79 | 72 |
Wirral | 66 | 67 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63 | 66 |
Wokingham | 74 | 83 | 66 | 100 | 73 | 72 |
Wolverhampton | 66 | 72 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 63 |
Worcestershire | 69 | 70 | 63 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 70 |
York | 70 | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 81 | 69 |
Download table data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and area’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and area’ (CSV)
Summary of Writing attainments for children aged 6 to 7 (key stage 1) Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and area Summary
Except for the information for White pupils, the statistics quoted for attainment by ethnicity and local authority are based on small numbers of pupils and are highly variable over time.
This data shows that:
- in 2016/17, 90% of Asian pupils met the expected standard in writing in both Lincolnshire in the East Midlands and North Somerset in the South West, compared with 51% in Calderdale in Yorkshire and the Humber (a gap of 39 percentage points)
- 100% of Black pupils met the expected standard in Poole in the South West, compared with 44% in both St. Helens in the North West and Rutland in the East Midlands (a gap of 56 percentage points)
- 100% of Chinese pupils met the expected standard in 15 out of the 90 local authorities where data on Chinese pupils was available; 38% of Chinese pupils met the expected standard in North Somerset in the South West (a gap of 62 percentage points)
- 100% of pupils with Mixed ethnicity met the expected standard in Rutland in the East Midlands, compared with 52% in Knowsley in the North West (a gap of 48 percentage points)
- 79% of White pupils met the expected standard in Wandsworth in London, compared with 56% in Leicester in the East Midlands (a gap of 23 percentage points)
5. Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and gender
Boys | Girls | |||
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Ethnicity | Boys Expected standard | Boys Higher standard | Girls Expected standard | Girls Higher standard |
All | 62 | 11 | 75 | 20 |
Asian | 66 | 13 | 78 | 22 |
Bangladeshi | 63 | 12 | 77 | 20 |
Indian | 74 | 19 | 85 | 30 |
Pakistani | 59 | 8 | 73 | 15 |
Asian other | 68 | 14 | 80 | 25 |
Black | 64 | 11 | 77 | 20 |
Black African | 66 | 12 | 79 | 21 |
Black Caribbean | 58 | 8 | 74 | 15 |
Black other | 61 | 10 | 74 | 19 |
Chinese | 77 | 23 | 87 | 35 |
Mixed | 63 | 13 | 78 | 22 |
Mixed White/Asian | 69 | 16 | 81 | 26 |
Mixed White/Black African | 64 | 12 | 78 | 22 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 56 | 9 | 73 | 16 |
Mixed other | 65 | 13 | 78 | 23 |
White | 61 | 11 | 75 | 20 |
White British | 61 | 11 | 76 | 20 |
White Irish | 61 | 13 | 74 | 21 |
White Irish Traveller | 18 | 1 | 33 | 4 |
White Gypsy/Roma | 18 | 1 | 27 | 2 |
White other | 58 | 10 | 71 | 17 |
Other | 58 | 9 | 69 | 16 |
Download table data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and gender’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and gender’ (CSV)
Summary of Writing attainments for children aged 6 to 7 (key stage 1) Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity and gender Summary
This data shows that:
- overall, 75% of girls and 62% of boys met the expected standard in 2016/17, while 20% of girls and 11% of boys met the higher standard; girls were more likely than boys to meet the expected and higher standards in every ethnic group
- Chinese girls were most likely to reach both the expected and the higher standards, at 87% and 35% respectively
- boys from the Gypsy/Roma and Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic groups were least likely to reach both the expected standard (18% did so from both groups) and the higher standard (1% did so from both groups)
- among White British pupils, 76% of girls and 61% of boys met the expected standard, while 20% of girls and 11% of boys met the higher standard
- for the expected standard, the largest attainment gap between girls and boys, at 17 percentage points, was found among Mixed White and Black Caribbean pupils (where 56% of boys met the expected standard, compared with 73% of girls)
- for the expected standard, the smallest attainment gap between girls and boys, at 9 percentage points, was found among Gypsy/Roma pupils (where 27% of girls met the standard, compared with 18% of boys)
- for the higher standard, the largest attainment gap between girls and boys, at 12 percentage points, was found among Chinese pupils (where 35% of girls met the standard, compared with 23% of boys)
- for the higher standard, the smallest attainment gap between girls and boys, at 1 percentage point, was found among Gypsy/Roma pupils (where 2% of girls met the standard, compared with 1% of boys)
6. Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)
Boys | Girls | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | Boys FSM | Boys Non-FSM | Girls FSM | Girls Non-FSM |
All | 44 | 64 | 60 | 78 |
Asian | 56 | 67 | 68 | 79 |
Bangladeshi | 59 | 64 | 69 | 78 |
Indian | 61 | 75 | 72 | 86 |
Pakistani | 54 | 61 | 66 | 74 |
Any Other Asian Background | 59 | 69 | 70 | 81 |
Black | 55 | 67 | 71 | 79 |
Black African | 58 | 68 | 73 | 80 |
Black Caribbean | 48 | 62 | 67 | 77 |
Any Other Black Background | 52 | 64 | 69 | 76 |
Chinese | 68 | 78 | 83 | 87 |
Mixed | 48 | 67 | 65 | 81 |
White and Asian | 44 | 73 | 66 | 84 |
White and Black African | 55 | 66 | 71 | 80 |
White and Black Caribbean | 46 | 61 | 62 | 77 |
Any Other Mixed Background | 48 | 68 | 66 | 81 |
White | 41 | 64 | 57 | 78 |
White British | 41 | 65 | 57 | 79 |
Irish | 32 | 65 | 42 | 81 |
Traveller of Irish Heritage | 16 | 21 | 28 | 40 |
Gypsy/Roma | 17 | 18 | 26 | 27 |
Any Other White Background | 46 | 59 | 61 | 72 |
Other | 53 | 59 | 60 | 72 |
Download table data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)’ (CSV)
Summary of Writing attainments for children aged 6 to 7 (key stage 1) Writing attainment for children aged 6 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:
- in 2016/17 there were 92,319 pupils eligible for free school meals in year 2 (14% of all pupils)
- across all ethnic groups, a higher percentage of FSM-eligible girls met the expected standard in writing than FSM-eligible boys
- 83% of Chinese FSM-eligible girls met the expected standard (the highest percentage of any group of FSM-eligible children)
- 16% of boys from the Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic group met the expected standard (the lowest percentage of any group of FSM-eligible children)
- among FSM-eligible White British pupils, 57% of girls and 41% of boys met the expected standard (a gap of 16 percentage points)
- of all FSM-eligible pupils, the biggest attainment gap between girls and boys, at 22 percentage points, was found among White and Asian pupils (where 66% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 44% of boys)
- the smallest attainment gap between those eligible for FSM and those not eligible was found among Gypsy/Roma girls, at 1 percentage point
- the largest attainment gap between those eligible for FSM and those not eligible was found among White Irish girls, at 39 percentage points
7. Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 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 | 61 | 77 | 69 | 82 | 68 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 59 | 77 | 54 | 72 |
Barnet | 65 | 77 | 67 | 88 | 62 | 74 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 65 | 80 | 67 | 78 |
Barnsley | 60 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | 59 | 71 | 60 | 75 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 61 | 76 | 40 | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 55 | 79 | 61 | 76 |
Bedford | 59 | 73 | 65 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 57 | 74 | 58 | 74 |
Bexley | 68 | 82 | 88 | 89 | 79 | 89 | 72 | 100 | 64 | 80 | 64 | 80 |
Birmingham | 59 | 71 | 63 | 74 | 62 | 72 | 79 | 84 | 58 | 74 | 56 | 68 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 61 | 74 | 65 | 76 | 64 | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 80 | 60 | 73 |
Blackpool | 58 | 74 | 63 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 77 | 58 | 74 |
Bolton | 60 | 73 | 66 | 76 | 48 | 64 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 79 | 59 | 73 |
Bournemouth | 61 | 74 | 62 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 82 | 60 | 73 |
Bracknell Forest | 59 | 75 | 76 | 91 | 55 | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 70 | 58 | 73 |
Bradford | 58 | 74 | 63 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 53 | 74 | 56 | 72 |
Brent | 63 | 74 | 65 | 78 | 61 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63 | 74 |
Brighton and Hove | 61 | 76 | 52 | 74 | 71 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 60 | 72 | 62 | 77 |
Bristol, City of | 59 | 71 | 58 | 74 | 50 | 61 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 57 | 69 | 61 | 73 |
Bromley | 69 | 80 | 80 | 87 | 70 | 87 | 76 | 84 | 70 | 79 | 67 | 79 |
Buckinghamshire | 63 | 75 | 56 | 72 | 56 | 66 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 62 | 77 | 64 | 76 |
Bury | 61 | 71 | 58 | 68 | 68 | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 60 | 67 | 62 | 73 |
Calderdale | 55 | 66 | 49 | 54 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 57 | 73 | 56 | 69 |
Cambridgeshire | 58 | 71 | 62 | 75 | 56 | 65 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 71 | 57 | 71 |
Camden | 61 | 74 | 58 | 71 | 61 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 79 | 62 | 74 |
Central Bedfordshire | 63 | 77 | 77 | 86 | 74 | 87 | 100 | 100 | 71 | 81 | 63 | 76 |
Cheshire East | 61 | 76 | 85 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 56 | 76 | 61 | 76 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 55 | 73 | 50 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 50 | 50 | 63 | 82 | 55 | 72 |
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 | 58 | 72 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 60 | 74 | 58 | 73 |
County Durham | 66 | 78 | 70 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 82 | 66 | 78 |
Coventry | 57 | 71 | 67 | 79 | 58 | 76 | 73 | 77 | 58 | 76 | 54 | 68 |
Croydon | 62 | 76 | 67 | 81 | 61 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 62 | 76 | 60 | 75 |
Cumbria | 57 | 72 | 50 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 60 | 76 | 57 | 72 |
Darlington | 61 | 79 | 64 | 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 | 60 | 80 |
Derby | 57 | 70 | 63 | 70 | 58 | 79 | 62 | 77 | 52 | 61 | 57 | 71 |
Derbyshire | 60 | 77 | 58 | 82 | 50 | 79 | 73 | 77 | 59 | 81 | 60 | 77 |
Devon | 61 | 77 | 62 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 71 | 81 | 61 | 77 |
Doncaster | 60 | 73 | 57 | 85 | 67 | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 54 | 68 | 61 | 72 |
Dorset | 58 | 76 | 71 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 80 | 58 | 76 |
Dudley | 54 | 72 | 54 | 73 | 57 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 54 | 64 | 55 | 73 |
Ealing | 61 | 75 | 64 | 75 | 53 | 70 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 65 | 75 | 65 | 79 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 63 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | 60 | 93 | 63 | 78 |
East Sussex | 64 | 78 | 72 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 68 | 80 | 64 | 78 |
Enfield | 60 | 71 | 74 | 85 | 61 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63 | 76 | 56 | 67 |
Essex | 63 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 75 | 84 | 82 | 92 | 68 | 79 | 62 | 77 |
Gateshead | 64 | 78 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 50 | 65 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 81 | 64 | 78 |
Gloucestershire | 59 | 73 | 66 | 76 | 65 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 81 | 59 | 73 |
Greenwich | 71 | 82 | 80 | 88 | 75 | 87 | 85 | 100 | 72 | 85 | 66 | 77 |
Hackney | 72 | 83 | 76 | 84 | 69 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 87 | 72 | 83 |
Halton | 52 | 64 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | 47 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 53 | 64 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 66 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 61 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 66 | 80 | 69 | 81 |
Hampshire | 68 | 80 | 78 | 86 | 71 | 84 | 70 | 87 | 75 | 86 | 67 | 80 |
Haringey | 67 | 82 | 71 | 89 | 67 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | 86 | 65 | 82 |
Harrow | 67 | 79 | 75 | 85 | 53 | 72 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 70 | 84 | 59 | 73 |
Hartlepool | 61 | 76 | 69 | 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 | 61 | 76 |
Havering | 66 | 77 | 79 | 84 | 70 | 85 | 100 | 100 | 68 | 78 | 64 | 74 |
Herefordshire, County of | 66 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | 50 | 90 | 66 | 79 |
Hertfordshire | 65 | 78 | 74 | 87 | 61 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 66 | 82 | 64 | 77 |
Hillingdon | 63 | 76 | 71 | 85 | 62 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 65 | 78 | 57 | 71 |
Hounslow | 67 | 82 | 71 | 87 | 62 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | 78 | 65 | 81 |
Isle of Wight | 54 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 57 | 83 | 54 | 70 |
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 | 64 | 77 | 60 | 80 | 64 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63 | 83 | 63 | 78 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 73 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 57 | 68 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | 77 | 75 | 74 | 82 |
Kent | 66 | 79 | 71 | 85 | 77 | 90 | 88 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 85 | 65 | 78 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 59 | 73 | 64 | 80 | 39 | 50 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63 | 72 | 59 | 74 |
Kingston upon Thames | 66 | 76 | 76 | 83 | 62 | 71 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 79 | 63 | 75 |
Kirklees | 58 | 72 | 59 | 72 | 52 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 51 | 71 | 58 | 72 |
Knowsley | 56 | 70 | 53 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 46 | 58 | 56 | 70 |
Lambeth | 66 | 80 | 72 | 90 | 63 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 69 | 82 | 68 | 81 |
Lancashire | 61 | 76 | 59 | 76 | 65 | 73 | 75 | 82 | 61 | 75 | 61 | 76 |
Leeds | 52 | 66 | 55 | 67 | 46 | 62 | 82 | 90 | 47 | 66 | 52 | 66 |
Leicester | 58 | 69 | 67 | 75 | 61 | 74 | 56 | 100 | 60 | 77 | 49 | 62 |
Leicestershire | 61 | 75 | 73 | 85 | 46 | 85 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 62 | 80 | 60 | 74 |
Lewisham | 68 | 78 | 70 | 81 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 81 | 65 | 80 | 68 | 80 |
Lincolnshire | 59 | 72 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 53 | 60 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 73 | 59 | 71 |
Liverpool | 50 | 65 | 48 | 66 | 50 | 65 | 60 | 81 | 52 | 68 | 51 | 65 |
Luton | 58 | 70 | 58 | 72 | 65 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 56 | 75 | 59 | 68 |
Manchester | 58 | 73 | 57 | 71 | 63 | 78 | 73 | 80 | 59 | 73 | 58 | 73 |
Medway | 67 | 81 | 71 | 96 | 76 | 91 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 75 | 85 | 65 | 79 |
Merton | 63 | 76 | 68 | 83 | 65 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 68 | 74 | 60 | 74 |
Middlesbrough | 55 | 69 | 56 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 46 | 60 | 57 | 69 |
Milton Keynes | 62 | 77 | 71 | 88 | 69 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 66 | 81 | 59 | 74 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 63 | 74 | 60 | 69 | 65 | 84 | 75 | 81 | 62 | 76 | 64 | 75 |
Newham | 68 | 79 | 71 | 80 | 68 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 66 | 82 | 61 | 74 |
Norfolk | 60 | 74 | 77 | 83 | 58 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 68 | 60 | 74 |
North East Lincolnshire | 63 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 83 | 74 | 62 | 75 |
North Lincolnshire | 64 | 77 | 82 | 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 | 63 | 77 |
North Somerset | 66 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 77 | 65 | 79 |
North Tyneside | 65 | 82 | 48 | 64 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 82 | 91 | 66 | 82 |
North Yorkshire | 61 | 75 | 72 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 61 | 80 | 61 | 75 |
Northamptonshire | 61 | 75 | 62 | 82 | 62 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 66 | 77 | 61 | 75 |
Northumberland | 68 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 71 | 84 | 68 | 79 |
Nottingham | 55 | 70 | 61 | 73 | 63 | 73 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 73 | 52 | 70 |
Nottinghamshire | 59 | 75 | 64 | 78 | 61 | 80 | 72 | 79 | 63 | 84 | 59 | 74 |
Oldham | 55 | 68 | 52 | 64 | 56 | 61 | 100 | 100 | 61 | 74 | 57 | 72 |
Oxfordshire | 59 | 74 | 59 | 74 | 65 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 56 | 73 | 59 | 74 |
Peterborough | 55 | 71 | 57 | 74 | 61 | 72 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 57 | 74 | 55 | 71 |
Plymouth | 57 | 73 | 68 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 79 | 57 | 73 |
Poole | 66 | 79 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 74 | 66 | 78 |
Portsmouth | 59 | 75 | 62 | 74 | 62 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 73 | 86 | 58 | 74 |
Reading | 62 | 73 | 70 | 77 | 65 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 63 | 79 | 57 | 70 |
Redbridge | 64 | 79 | 70 | 84 | 58 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 59 | 79 | 59 | 71 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 65 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 81 |
Richmond upon Thames | 68 | 77 | 73 | 85 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 82 | 70 | 79 | 68 | 76 |
Rochdale | 58 | 72 | 58 | 75 | 64 | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 60 | 77 | 58 | 71 |
Rotherham | 62 | 75 | 65 | 76 | 67 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 62 | 65 | 62 | 76 |
Rutland | 67 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 77 |
Salford | 62 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 71 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 71 | 83 | 60 | 75 |
Sandwell | 56 | 72 | 63 | 76 | 58 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 59 | 73 | 53 | 69 |
Sefton | 60 | 73 | 71 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 54 | 65 | 60 | 73 |
Sheffield | 62 | 75 | 63 | 75 | 62 | 75 | 75 | 80 | 62 | 73 | 63 | 75 |
Shropshire | 59 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 59 | 87 | 58 | 73 |
Slough | 63 | 80 | 71 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 76 | 56 | 72 |
Solihull | 63 | 77 | 72 | 78 | 72 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 79 | 62 | 77 |
Somerset | 63 | 77 | 76 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64 | 83 | 63 | 77 |
South Gloucestershire | 66 | 81 | 85 | 82 | 81 | 59 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 63 | 89 | 65 | 81 |
South Tyneside | 64 | 78 | 69 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 65 | 71 | 64 | 77 |
Southampton | 60 | 74 | 69 | 81 | 63 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63 | 78 | 59 | 72 |
Southend-on-Sea | 64 | 78 | 73 | 84 | 74 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67 | 69 | 63 | 79 |
Southwark | 67 | 79 | 62 | 82 | 69 | 82 | 73 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 66 | 81 | 68 | 77 |
St. Helens | 55 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 60 | 84 | 55 | 74 |
Staffordshire | 66 | 79 | 76 | 82 | 68 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 77 | 65 | 79 |
Stockport | 62 | 78 | 60 | 73 | 60 | 81 | 64 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 60 | 85 | 62 | 78 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 66 | 79 | 72 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70 | 89 | 65 | 78 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 58 | 71 | 61 | 74 | 56 | 70 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 80 | 58 | 71 |
Suffolk | 59 | 74 | 72 | 83 | 62 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 60 | 72 | 59 | 74 |
Sunderland | 66 | 78 | 67 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 84 | 75 | 65 | 78 |
Surrey | 65 | 78 | 68 | 84 | 64 | 78 | 74 | 77 | 71 | 82 | 64 | 77 |
Sutton | 67 | 77 | 79 | 89 | 79 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 75 | 62 | 74 |
Swindon | 65 | 76 | 68 | 78 | 75 | 76 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 82 | 64 | 77 |
Tameside | 57 | 72 | 59 | 72 | 66 | 68 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 43 | 74 | 57 | 73 |
Telford and Wrekin | 60 | 78 | 61 | 85 | 71 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 84 | 59 | 78 |
Thurrock | 65 | 77 | 74 | 87 | 69 | 89 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 68 | 89 | 62 | 73 |
Torbay | 61 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 62 | 74 |
Tower Hamlets | 65 | 79 | 67 | 81 | 66 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 70 | 59 | 75 |
Trafford | 66 | 79 | 71 | 77 | 63 | 71 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63 | 80 | 65 | 80 |
Wakefield | 58 | 72 | 60 | 65 | 52 | 70 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 71 | 82 | 58 | 72 |
Walsall | 55 | 70 | 62 | 77 | 65 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 53 | 78 | 54 | 68 |
Waltham Forest | 69 | 83 | 77 | 86 | 66 | 84 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 83 | 66 | 82 |
Wandsworth | 71 | 81 | 75 | 82 | 64 | 74 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69 | 80 | 74 | 85 |
Warrington | 66 | 77 | 74 | 82 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | 74 | 65 | 77 |
Warwickshire | 64 | 76 | 69 | 81 | 79 | 70 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 72 | 76 | 63 | 76 |
West Berkshire | 62 | 75 | 82 | 86 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63 | 78 | 61 | 75 |
West Sussex | 53 | 69 | 54 | 68 | 59 | 62 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58 | 75 | 53 | 69 |
Westminster | 63 | 76 | 60 | 73 | 64 | 80 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 64 | 77 | 71 | 79 |
Wigan | 63 | 75 | 69 | 84 | 64 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 80 | 78 | 62 | 75 |
Wiltshire | 58 | 73 | 75 | 79 | 68 | 78 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 55 | 73 | 58 | 73 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 68 | 79 | 77 | 81 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 72 | 84 | 66 | 79 |
Wirral | 59 | 73 | 58 | 77 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 100 | 52 | 75 | 59 | 72 |
Wokingham | 69 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 59 | 73 | 100 | 100 | 65 | 81 | 67 | 78 |
Wolverhampton | 59 | 73 | 67 | 78 | 63 | 79 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 62 | 72 | 56 | 71 |
Worcestershire | 63 | 76 | 67 | 73 | 60 | 67 | 100 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 61 | 80 | 63 | 76 |
York | 61 | 78 | 65 | 75 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 72 | 91 | 61 | 77 |
Download table data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and area’ (CSV) Source data for ‘Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and area’ (CSV)
Summary of Writing attainments for children aged 6 to 7 (key stage 1) Writing attainment for children aged 6 to 7 by ethnicity, gender and area Summary
Except for the information for White pupils, the statistics quoted for attainment by ethnicity and local authority are based on small numbers of pupils and are highly variable over time.
This data shows that:
- overall in 2016/17, a higher percentage of girls than boys met the expected standard in writing in all local authorities
- for Asian pupils, the biggest attainment gap between girls and boys was in Cheshire West and Chester in the North West, where 84% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 50% of boys
- for Black pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Leicestershire in East Midlands, where 85% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 46% of boys
- for pupils with Mixed ethnicity, the biggest attainment gap was in County of Herefordshire in the West Midlands, where 90% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 50% of boys
- for White pupils, the biggest attainment gap was in Darlington in the North East, where 80% of girls met the expected standard, compared with 60% of boys
- comparisons between Chinese girls and boys are not possible because of the small number of local authorities with data available for this group
8. Methodology
The key stage 1 dataset is compiled using information matched together from 2 data sources:
- key stage 1 teacher assessment results
- 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 16,369 state-funded schools (approximately 654,000 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.
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
Percentages given in charts, tables and downloads are rounded to the nearest whole number. For this reason some figures may not exactly match those published by the Department for Education.
Related publications
Schools, pupils and their characteristics: June 2017
Quality and methodology information
9. Data sources
Source
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2017
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 2017 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 the following variables: Measure, Ethnicity, Ethnicity_Type, Time, Time_Type, Geography (England), Geography_Code, Gender, FSM, Value, Value_Type, Denominator
This file contains the following variables: Measure, Ethnicity, Ethnicity_Type, Time, Time_Type, Region, Local_Authority, Local_Authority_Code, Gender, Value, Value_Type, Denominator