Reading, writing and maths results for 10 to 11 year olds
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1. Main facts and figures
- 65% of 10 to 11 year olds met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in the school year 2018 to 2019
- 11% of pupils met the higher standard
- pupils from the Chinese ethnic group were most likely to meet both the expected and higher standards
- White Gypsy and Roma pupils were least likely to meet both the expected and higher standards
- in every ethnic group except White Irish Traveller, girls were more likely than boys to meet the expected and higher standards
- in every ethnic group, pupils eligible for free school meals were less likely to meet the expected standard than other pupils
2. Things you need to know
What the data measures
The data measures the percentage of pupils at state-funded schools in England who met the expected and higher standards in reading, writing and maths by the end of year 6, when they are usually 10 or 11 years old.
Teachers assess each pupil against the following standards:
- expected standard – pupils must have a scaled score of 100 or more in reading and maths, and be 'working at the expected standard' or 'working at a greater depth within the expected standard' in writing
- higher standard – pupils must have a scaled score of 110 or more in reading and maths, and be 'working at a greater depth within the expected standard' in writing
Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.
The ethnic groups used in the data
Data is shown for the 16 ethnic groups used in the 2001 Census, with 2 exceptions:
- there are separate categories for White Irish Traveller and White Gypsy and Roma pupils
- pupils in the Chinese ethnic group are in a separate category from Asian pupils
Local authority data is shown for 6 aggregated ethnic groups:
- Asian
- Black
- Chinese
- Mixed
- White
- Other
This means estimates are shown for these groups as a whole. This is to make sure group sizes are big enough to make reliable generalisations.
Ethnicity was known for 99% of pupils.
Methodology
Read the detailed methodology document (PDF opens in a new window or tab) for the data on this page.
These results are not directly comparable to results from earlier years. This is because the teacher assessment frameworks for writing were changed in 2018.
3. By ethnicity
Ethnicity | Expected standard | Higher standard |
---|---|---|
All | 65 | 11 |
Asian | 69 | 13 |
Bangladeshi | 70 | 13 |
Indian | 77 | 19 |
Pakistani | 62 | 9 |
Asian other | 71 | 15 |
Black | 64 | 9 |
Black African | 67 | 10 |
Black Caribbean | 56 | 6 |
Black other | 60 | 7 |
Chinese | 80 | 28 |
Mixed | 66 | 12 |
Mixed White/Asian | 73 | 17 |
Mixed White/Black African | 67 | 11 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 59 | 7 |
Mixed other | 68 | 14 |
White | 64 | 10 |
White British | 65 | 10 |
White Irish | 73 | 16 |
Gypsy/Roma | 19 | 1 |
Irish Traveller | 26 | 1 |
White other | 63 | 11 |
Other | 61 | 10 |
Unknown | 49 | 8 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity’ (CSV)
Summary of Reading, writing and maths results for 10 to 11 year olds By ethnicity Summary
The data shows that in the 2018 to 2019 school year:
- 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in year 6 (when they were 10 or 11 years old)
- 11% met the higher standard
- 80% of pupils from the Chinese ethnic group met the expected standard and 28% met the higher standard, the highest percentages out of all ethnic groups
- 19% of Gypsy and Roma pupils met the expected standard, the lowest percentage out of all ethnic groups
- 1% of Gypsy and Roma pupils and White Irish Traveller pupils met the higher standard, the lowest percentage out of all ethnic groups
4. By ethnicity and gender
Boys | Girls | |||
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Ethnicity | Boys Expected standard | Boys Higher standard | Girls Expected standard | Girls Higher standard |
All | 60 | 9 | 70 | 13 |
Asian | 65 | 11 | 74 | 16 |
Bangladeshi | 66 | 11 | 75 | 15 |
Indian | 72 | 16 | 81 | 23 |
Pakistani | 58 | 7 | 67 | 10 |
Asian other | 67 | 13 | 76 | 18 |
Black | 58 | 7 | 70 | 11 |
Black African | 61 | 8 | 73 | 13 |
Black Caribbean | 49 | 4 | 64 | 7 |
Black other | 54 | 5 | 67 | 9 |
Chinese | 77 | 23 | 83 | 33 |
Mixed | 61 | 10 | 72 | 15 |
Mixed White/Asian | 69 | 14 | 77 | 20 |
Mixed White/Black African | 60 | 8 | 73 | 14 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 53 | 5 | 65 | 8 |
Mixed other | 63 | 11 | 73 | 16 |
White | 60 | 8 | 69 | 12 |
White British | 60 | 8 | 70 | 12 |
White Irish | 70 | 13 | 75 | 18 |
Gypsy/Roma | 15 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
Irish Traveller | 20 | 2 | 31 | 0 |
White other | 58 | 8 | 68 | 13 |
Other | 57 | 8 | 66 | 12 |
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Summary of Reading, writing and maths results for 10 to 11 year olds By ethnicity and gender Summary
Data for the 2018 to 2019 school year shows that:
- 70% of girls and 60% of boys met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- 13% of girls and 9% of boys met the higher standard
- in every ethnic group except White Irish Traveller, girls were more likely than boys to meet the expected and higher standards
- girls from the Chinese ethnic group were the most likely to meet the expected standard (83%) and the higher standard (33%)
- White Gypsy and Roma boys were the least likely to meet the expected standard (15%)
- they were also least likely to meet the higher standard, along with White Irish Traveller girls (0%)
- the smallest gap between girls and boys at the expected standard was found in the White Irish Traveller ethnic group, where 75% of girls and 70% of boys met the standard
- the biggest gap between girls and boys at the expected standard was found among the Black Caribbean ethnic group, where 64% of girls and 49% of boys met the standard
- the smallest gap between girls and boys at the higher standard was found among White Gypsy and Roma pupils, where 0% of boys and 1% of girls met the standard
- the biggest gap between girls and boys at the higher standard was found in the Chinese ethnic group, where 33% of girls and 23% of boys met the standard
5. By ethnicity and area
All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | Other | ||||||||
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Local authority | All % | All Pupils | Asian % | Asian Pupils | Black % | Black Pupils | Chinese % | Chinese Pupils | Mixed % | Mixed Pupils | White % | White Pupils | Other % | Other Pupils |
Barking and Dagenham | 66 | 2,296 | 75 | 574 | 69 | 754 | 90 | 9 | 59 | 183 | 58 | 740 | 52 | 25 |
Barnet | 73 | 3,070 | 79 | 371 | 66 | 329 | 84 | 46 | 75 | 320 | 75 | 1,664 | 66 | 305 |
Barnsley | 66 | 1,869 | 92 | 23 | 73 | 16 | 100 | 2 | 58 | 41 | 67 | 1,771 | 80 | 8 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 67 | 1,220 | 86 | 24 | 64 | 7 | 60 | 3 | 66 | 62 | 67 | 1,109 | 56 | 5 |
Bedford | 54 | 1,162 | 51 | 169 | 54 | 67 | 67 | 4 | 46 | 116 | 56 | 790 | 39 | 11 |
Bexley | 70 | 2,341 | 83 | 225 | 75 | 454 | 96 | 54 | 71 | 167 | 66 | 1,388 | 68 | 39 |
Birmingham | 62 | 10,080 | 65 | 3,940 | 60 | 1,266 | 72 | 63 | 61 | 855 | 60 | 3,315 | 62 | 523 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 66 | 1,452 | 68 | 668 | 76 | 25 | 60 | 3 | 69 | 50 | 64 | 685 | 90 | 19 |
Blackpool | 67 | 1,120 | 71 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 62 | 37 | 67 | 1,050 | 50 | 4 |
Bolton | 65 | 2,549 | 65 | 630 | 52 | 130 | 100 | 6 | 67 | 105 | 66 | 1,624 | 55 | 41 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 67 | 2,567 | 82 | 108 | 75 | 12 | 86 | 12 | 71 | 160 | 66 | 2,228 | 58 | 23 |
Bracknell Forest | 65 | 921 | 78 | 61 | 63 | 30 | 80 | 8 | 71 | 72 | 63 | 739 | 86 | 6 |
Bradford | 63 | 4,949 | 66 | 2,215 | 67 | 88 | 71 | 5 | 61 | 247 | 60 | 2,311 | 61 | 62 |
Brent | 68 | 2,486 | 73 | 803 | 65 | 568 | 78 | 7 | 72 | 205 | 69 | 635 | 59 | 252 |
Brighton and Hove | 67 | 1,802 | 74 | 63 | 62 | 36 | 74 | 14 | 73 | 205 | 66 | 1,420 | 55 | 31 |
Bristol, City of | 65 | 3,141 | 63 | 243 | 56 | 305 | 78 | 18 | 59 | 262 | 67 | 2,268 | 59 | 29 |
Bromley | 75 | 2,785 | 85 | 181 | 71 | 259 | 96 | 27 | 76 | 311 | 74 | 1,917 | 69 | 47 |
Buckinghamshire | 66 | 4,163 | 67 | 707 | 57 | 94 | 84 | 21 | 67 | 327 | 67 | 2,955 | 67 | 28 |
Bury | 65 | 1,539 | 61 | 222 | 43 | 25 | 83 | 10 | 60 | 70 | 67 | 1,192 | 52 | 16 |
Calderdale | 65 | 1,789 | 67 | 320 | 44 | 11 | 89 | 8 | 66 | 73 | 65 | 1,363 | 67 | 10 |
Cambridgeshire | 63 | 4,400 | 70 | 207 | 63 | 54 | 87 | 41 | 66 | 247 | 62 | 3,759 | 69 | 42 |
Camden | 73 | 1,123 | 74 | 253 | 69 | 200 | 88 | 15 | 74 | 126 | 76 | 461 | 64 | 52 |
Central Bedfordshire | 61 | 2,129 | 72 | 53 | 66 | 59 | 100 | 4 | 61 | 159 | 61 | 1,824 | 72 | 13 |
Cheshire East | 66 | 2,804 | 70 | 60 | 56 | 9 | 50 | 7 | 70 | 123 | 66 | 2,585 | 58 | 11 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 64 | 2,560 | 75 | 45 | 47 | 9 | 71 | 12 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 2,405 | 81 | 17 |
City of London | 82 | 23 | 64 | 7 | 100 | 2 | N/A* | N/A* | 100 | 4 | 100 | 9 | 50 | 1 |
Cornwall | 61 | 3,589 | 60 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 78 | 7 | 62 | 89 | 61 | 3,436 | 59 | 13 |
County Durham | 65 | 3,737 | 79 | 27 | 78 | 7 | 67 | 12 | 74 | 74 | 65 | 3,595 | 68 | 13 |
Coventry | 62 | 2,738 | 65 | 627 | 63 | 334 | 67 | 14 | 63 | 184 | 61 | 1,522 | 56 | 40 |
Croydon | 67 | 3,092 | 76 | 556 | 63 | 833 | 81 | 26 | 62 | 454 | 67 | 1,141 | 68 | 47 |
Cumbria | 66 | 3,441 | 66 | 29 | 56 | 5 | 63 | 5 | 66 | 51 | 66 | 3,300 | 63 | 12 |
Darlington | 66 | 851 | 68 | 21 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 21 | 66 | 791 | 64 | 7 |
Derby | 61 | 2,010 | 64 | 402 | 60 | 78 | 100 | 10 | 61 | 152 | 60 | 1,309 | 53 | 39 |
Derbyshire | 64 | 5,569 | 71 | 75 | 67 | 16 | 85 | 28 | 65 | 170 | 64 | 5,223 | 73 | 16 |
Devon | 64 | 5,021 | 73 | 45 | 73 | 8 | 74 | 17 | 64 | 125 | 63 | 4,758 | 55 | 29 |
Doncaster | 61 | 2,274 | 66 | 72 | 65 | 36 | 81 | 17 | 58 | 64 | 60 | 2,066 | 59 | 13 |
Dorset | 61 | 2,384 | 70 | 19 | 42 | 5 | 67 | 8 | 60 | 73 | 61 | 2,267 | 67 | 2 |
Dudley | 59 | 2,285 | 64 | 262 | 47 | 44 | 71 | 10 | 53 | 138 | 59 | 1,779 | 51 | 42 |
Ealing | 71 | 3,085 | 73 | 912 | 65 | 445 | 94 | 17 | 75 | 270 | 73 | 962 | 68 | 448 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 65 | 2,360 | 82 | 14 | 57 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 67 | 52 | 64 | 2,261 | 67 | 12 |
East Sussex | 63 | 3,450 | 70 | 81 | 61 | 25 | 79 | 11 | 67 | 215 | 62 | 3,070 | 44 | 14 |
Enfield | 67 | 3,099 | 78 | 300 | 65 | 758 | 79 | 23 | 71 | 344 | 64 | 1,449 | 70 | 174 |
Essex | 66 | 11,023 | 83 | 373 | 75 | 390 | 93 | 50 | 71 | 644 | 65 | 9,354 | 73 | 96 |
Gateshead | 68 | 1,431 | 74 | 34 | 68 | 25 | 89 | 8 | 76 | 29 | 68 | 1,304 | 67 | 22 |
Gloucestershire | 65 | 4,471 | 76 | 156 | 59 | 65 | 76 | 13 | 70 | 236 | 65 | 3,943 | 50 | 11 |
Greenwich | 73 | 2,454 | 80 | 227 | 75 | 916 | 81 | 39 | 76 | 262 | 68 | 946 | 69 | 56 |
Hackney | 66 | 1,711 | 70 | 219 | 62 | 585 | 82 | 9 | 71 | 190 | 65 | 586 | 73 | 111 |
Halton | 60 | 959 | 71 | 5 | 100 | 1 | N/A* | N/A* | 48 | 16 | 60 | 932 | 0 | 0 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 73 | 968 | 76 | 61 | 66 | 247 | 100 | 3 | 65 | 120 | 79 | 404 | 76 | 113 |
Hampshire | 68 | 10,057 | 78 | 370 | 71 | 131 | 77 | 41 | 73 | 427 | 67 | 8,980 | 75 | 72 |
Haringey | 66 | 2,021 | 74 | 140 | 60 | 478 | 77 | 23 | 68 | 233 | 69 | 1,030 | 56 | 104 |
Harrow | 74 | 2,164 | 77 | 1,080 | 67 | 188 | 100 | 8 | 70 | 179 | 73 | 599 | 68 | 83 |
Hartlepool | 68 | 799 | 63 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 89 | 8 | 80 | 12 | 68 | 758 | 40 | 2 |
Havering | 72 | 2,159 | 80 | 197 | 73 | 268 | 67 | 6 | 72 | 152 | 70 | 1,495 | 70 | 14 |
Herefordshire, County of | 69 | 1,305 | 90 | 9 | 71 | 5 | 67 | 2 | 73 | 44 | 69 | 1,237 | 71 | 5 |
Hertfordshire | 67 | 9,567 | 71 | 871 | 62 | 403 | 76 | 52 | 68 | 690 | 67 | 7,383 | 63 | 107 |
Hillingdon | 69 | 2,678 | 75 | 811 | 64 | 282 | 100 | 6 | 69 | 320 | 66 | 1,010 | 66 | 211 |
Hounslow | 70 | 2,302 | 78 | 840 | 60 | 239 | 89 | 16 | 67 | 195 | 65 | 722 | 70 | 263 |
Isle of Wight | 59 | 758 | 70 | 7 | 67 | 2 | 80 | 4 | 64 | 32 | 59 | 710 | 100 | 1 |
Isles of Scilly | 47 | 9 | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | 44 | 8 | N/A* | N/A* |
Islington | 70 | 1,327 | 70 | 106 | 64 | 312 | 100 | 10 | 71 | 218 | 72 | 599 | 69 | 68 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 77 | 731 | 71 | 30 | 75 | 138 | 67 | 2 | 81 | 152 | 80 | 276 | 71 | 116 |
Kent | 68 | 12,189 | 82 | 596 | 77 | 403 | 94 | 48 | 70 | 687 | 67 | 10,247 | 68 | 108 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 68 | 2,183 | 87 | 46 | 63 | 41 | 100 | 5 | 71 | 83 | 68 | 1,953 | 66 | 49 |
Kingston upon Thames | 70 | 1,325 | 76 | 252 | 69 | 25 | 73 | 22 | 72 | 155 | 67 | 765 | 69 | 91 |
Kirklees | 62 | 3,452 | 62 | 939 | 51 | 53 | 75 | 12 | 63 | 230 | 63 | 2,177 | 38 | 19 |
Knowsley | 63 | 1,150 | 87 | 33 | 67 | 8 | 50 | 1 | 56 | 22 | 63 | 1,074 | 67 | 6 |
Lambeth | 71 | 2,153 | 82 | 128 | 67 | 896 | 82 | 14 | 74 | 311 | 74 | 684 | 69 | 105 |
Lancashire | 64 | 9,007 | 61 | 983 | 65 | 37 | 83 | 34 | 67 | 320 | 64 | 7,559 | 58 | 37 |
Leeds | 62 | 5,764 | 60 | 665 | 55 | 424 | 77 | 40 | 60 | 376 | 63 | 4,135 | 49 | 90 |
Leicester | 63 | 2,977 | 68 | 1,375 | 68 | 325 | 71 | 12 | 61 | 203 | 56 | 970 | 65 | 70 |
Leicestershire | 67 | 5,115 | 76 | 439 | 71 | 65 | 79 | 22 | 69 | 261 | 66 | 4,278 | 63 | 19 |
Lewisham | 68 | 2,351 | 77 | 158 | 63 | 859 | 79 | 37 | 70 | 389 | 72 | 809 | 62 | 69 |
Lincolnshire | 61 | 5,015 | 86 | 75 | 67 | 28 | 76 | 19 | 67 | 166 | 60 | 4,658 | 69 | 25 |
Liverpool | 62 | 3,236 | 70 | 165 | 61 | 152 | 80 | 63 | 60 | 178 | 62 | 2,562 | 51 | 108 |
Luton | 61 | 1,986 | 61 | 939 | 59 | 204 | 89 | 8 | 65 | 180 | 60 | 604 | 67 | 34 |
Manchester | 61 | 4,140 | 61 | 932 | 65 | 787 | 80 | 51 | 62 | 355 | 60 | 1,699 | 58 | 286 |
Medway | 64 | 2,153 | 75 | 140 | 73 | 179 | 71 | 5 | 62 | 141 | 62 | 1,648 | 79 | 27 |
Merton | 69 | 1,594 | 76 | 372 | 60 | 207 | 93 | 14 | 63 | 146 | 70 | 790 | 76 | 55 |
Middlesbrough | 64 | 1,184 | 67 | 132 | 72 | 13 | N/A* | N/A* | 60 | 67 | 64 | 936 | 68 | 32 |
Milton Keynes | 66 | 2,478 | 78 | 377 | 63 | 337 | 88 | 23 | 68 | 213 | 64 | 1,454 | 80 | 24 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 66 | 1,962 | 72 | 294 | 65 | 124 | 81 | 29 | 64 | 87 | 65 | 1,371 | 61 | 49 |
Newham | 76 | 3,605 | 79 | 1,707 | 74 | 823 | 90 | 18 | 77 | 239 | 71 | 588 | 72 | 203 |
Norfolk | 60 | 5,497 | 78 | 111 | 56 | 46 | 71 | 27 | 61 | 196 | 59 | 5,026 | 59 | 47 |
North East Lincolnshire | 65 | 1,254 | 67 | 12 | 43 | 3 | 100 | 1 | 74 | 43 | 65 | 1,172 | 76 | 16 |
North Lincolnshire | 66 | 1,286 | 63 | 48 | 58 | 7 | 100 | 3 | 62 | 21 | 66 | 1,186 | 71 | 10 |
North Somerset | 65 | 1,559 | 76 | 25 | 67 | 8 | 88 | 7 | 73 | 67 | 64 | 1,443 | 75 | 3 |
North Tyneside | 67 | 1,633 | 71 | 41 | 58 | 11 | 88 | 15 | 75 | 57 | 66 | 1,498 | 75 | 6 |
North Yorkshire | 63 | 4,018 | 70 | 59 | 39 | 12 | 90 | 9 | 63 | 109 | 63 | 3,785 | 64 | 16 |
Northamptonshire | 61 | 5,782 | 72 | 322 | 61 | 325 | 85 | 28 | 57 | 298 | 61 | 4,730 | 59 | 41 |
Northumberland | 66 | 2,367 | 81 | 46 | 40 | 2 | 100 | 7 | 70 | 46 | 66 | 2,254 | 58 | 7 |
Nottingham | 63 | 2,272 | 71 | 413 | 65 | 287 | 67 | 8 | 67 | 323 | 61 | 1,169 | 59 | 62 |
Nottinghamshire | 65 | 6,034 | 71 | 204 | 58 | 64 | 69 | 18 | 68 | 285 | 65 | 5,384 | 56 | 33 |
Oldham | 63 | 2,185 | 61 | 711 | 65 | 85 | 69 | 9 | 65 | 117 | 64 | 1,240 | 41 | 11 |
Oxfordshire | 65 | 4,814 | 60 | 280 | 56 | 118 | 75 | 15 | 63 | 327 | 66 | 3,952 | 56 | 56 |
Peterborough | 56 | 1,675 | 55 | 310 | 58 | 78 | 75 | 6 | 57 | 108 | 55 | 1,128 | 64 | 23 |
Plymouth | 64 | 1,899 | 78 | 21 | 71 | 17 | 100 | 10 | 68 | 61 | 64 | 1,754 | 53 | 21 |
Portsmouth | 58 | 1,288 | 68 | 82 | 61 | 46 | 56 | 5 | 72 | 86 | 56 | 1,027 | 63 | 27 |
Reading | 63 | 1,194 | 71 | 268 | 59 | 113 | 82 | 9 | 63 | 135 | 62 | 636 | 67 | 16 |
Redbridge | 73 | 2,987 | 77 | 1,679 | 66 | 308 | 100 | 21 | 72 | 222 | 69 | 684 | 76 | 41 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 70 | 1,154 | 70 | 7 | 80 | 4 | 100 | 1 | 72 | 36 | 71 | 1,097 | 14 | 1 |
Richmond upon Thames | 81 | 1,874 | 78 | 163 | 50 | 29 | 71 | 17 | 77 | 176 | 83 | 1,426 | 78 | 42 |
Rochdale | 60 | 1,803 | 60 | 472 | 54 | 68 | 83 | 10 | 57 | 66 | 61 | 1,160 | 57 | 21 |
Rotherham | 59 | 2,007 | 51 | 134 | 65 | 43 | 75 | 9 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 1,735 | 82 | 23 |
Rutland | 67 | 266 | 80 | 4 | 33 | 2 | N/A* | N/A* | 83 | 10 | 67 | 246 | 50 | 2 |
Salford | 65 | 1,948 | 75 | 77 | 71 | 122 | 100 | 1 | 68 | 162 | 65 | 1,517 | 54 | 53 |
Sandwell | 62 | 2,955 | 67 | 939 | 59 | 288 | 75 | 18 | 60 | 266 | 60 | 1,358 | 62 | 71 |
Sefton | 63 | 1,864 | 63 | 19 | 64 | 9 | 71 | 5 | 70 | 54 | 63 | 1,762 | 46 | 6 |
Sheffield | 64 | 4,036 | 65 | 506 | 61 | 233 | 87 | 41 | 62 | 300 | 64 | 2,794 | 64 | 141 |
Shropshire | 65 | 2,010 | 75 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 75 | 3 | 65 | 60 | 66 | 1,913 | 75 | 3 |
Slough | 69 | 1,630 | 79 | 892 | 65 | 137 | 67 | 2 | 67 | 142 | 55 | 378 | 75 | 69 |
Solihull | 69 | 1,806 | 76 | 260 | 72 | 41 | 97 | 29 | 63 | 139 | 67 | 1,291 | 78 | 25 |
Somerset | 61 | 3,593 | 71 | 57 | 69 | 11 | 85 | 11 | 62 | 110 | 61 | 3,371 | 39 | 7 |
South Gloucestershire | 67 | 2,203 | 75 | 78 | 64 | 29 | 82 | 9 | 74 | 125 | 66 | 1,932 | 69 | 18 |
South Tyneside | 66 | 1,106 | 72 | 41 | 80 | 8 | 67 | 2 | 67 | 29 | 66 | 1,019 | 56 | 5 |
Southampton | 64 | 1,788 | 66 | 244 | 73 | 66 | 75 | 12 | 66 | 116 | 62 | 1,310 | 71 | 36 |
Southend-on-Sea | 68 | 1,502 | 84 | 118 | 70 | 45 | 83 | 19 | 67 | 98 | 67 | 1,195 | 75 | 12 |
Southwark | 68 | 2,268 | 72 | 129 | 65 | 979 | 77 | 23 | 69 | 259 | 72 | 664 | 68 | 173 |
St. Helens | 66 | 1,450 | 85 | 17 | 50 | 6 | 70 | 7 | 60 | 26 | 66 | 1,388 | 50 | 4 |
Staffordshire | 65 | 6,360 | 63 | 280 | 52 | 40 | 76 | 28 | 60 | 212 | 65 | 5,737 | 70 | 32 |
Stockport | 66 | 2,274 | 69 | 174 | 64 | 29 | 77 | 17 | 56 | 102 | 67 | 1,924 | 56 | 18 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 71 | 1,773 | 74 | 101 | 78 | 21 | 57 | 4 | 79 | 53 | 70 | 1,586 | 57 | 4 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 60 | 1,994 | 63 | 316 | 65 | 84 | 83 | 10 | 65 | 104 | 59 | 1,450 | 52 | 29 |
Suffolk | 62 | 4,939 | 71 | 104 | 60 | 52 | 75 | 3 | 64 | 298 | 62 | 4,372 | 58 | 43 |
Sunderland | 67 | 2,170 | 76 | 100 | 82 | 23 | 69 | 9 | 75 | 41 | 66 | 1,991 | 33 | 1 |
Surrey | 70 | 8,678 | 75 | 655 | 63 | 146 | 86 | 60 | 72 | 560 | 69 | 7,081 | 68 | 90 |
Sutton | 73 | 1,743 | 83 | 353 | 73 | 123 | 88 | 36 | 73 | 173 | 69 | 1,013 | 71 | 24 |
Swindon | 62 | 1,814 | 69 | 238 | 63 | 57 | 67 | 10 | 64 | 115 | 61 | 1,364 | 52 | 12 |
Tameside | 63 | 1,878 | 68 | 213 | 64 | 54 | 92 | 12 | 62 | 88 | 63 | 1,486 | 50 | 12 |
Telford and Wrekin | 65 | 1,485 | 66 | 99 | 60 | 52 | 85 | 11 | 75 | 88 | 64 | 1,222 | 80 | 4 |
Thurrock | 70 | 1,702 | 81 | 110 | 79 | 314 | 75 | 12 | 80 | 114 | 67 | 1,121 | 65 | 17 |
Torbay | 66 | 956 | 80 | 20 | 100 | 1 | 75 | 3 | 64 | 27 | 66 | 892 | 64 | 7 |
Tower Hamlets | 72 | 2,404 | 74 | 1,605 | 68 | 227 | 91 | 10 | 69 | 147 | 69 | 317 | 80 | 87 |
Trafford | 77 | 2,328 | 83 | 371 | 68 | 93 | 85 | 53 | 76 | 177 | 77 | 1,550 | 78 | 63 |
Wakefield | 64 | 2,566 | 55 | 91 | 66 | 37 | 77 | 17 | 64 | 79 | 64 | 2,325 | 54 | 14 |
Walsall | 61 | 2,325 | 68 | 644 | 58 | 113 | 71 | 10 | 59 | 138 | 59 | 1,385 | 45 | 23 |
Waltham Forest | 72 | 2,386 | 74 | 642 | 67 | 429 | 90 | 26 | 75 | 298 | 72 | 887 | 68 | 89 |
Wandsworth | 70 | 1,691 | 71 | 315 | 62 | 344 | 90 | 9 | 67 | 200 | 76 | 745 | 67 | 60 |
Warrington | 73 | 1,892 | 74 | 65 | 70 | 16 | 100 | 6 | 86 | 65 | 72 | 1,721 | 50 | 10 |
Warwickshire | 66 | 4,191 | 77 | 294 | 59 | 47 | 91 | 20 | 70 | 222 | 65 | 3,554 | 77 | 23 |
West Berkshire | 64 | 1,256 | 69 | 37 | 57 | 13 | 100 | 6 | 65 | 68 | 64 | 1,117 | 60 | 6 |
West Sussex | 63 | 5,789 | 68 | 295 | 62 | 78 | 73 | 16 | 65 | 298 | 62 | 5,013 | 65 | 34 |
Westminster | 70 | 1,004 | 69 | 132 | 69 | 176 | 92 | 11 | 72 | 107 | 74 | 278 | 68 | 291 |
Wigan | 67 | 2,542 | 72 | 31 | 54 | 31 | 50 | 3 | 65 | 64 | 67 | 2,388 | 58 | 22 |
Wiltshire | 64 | 3,441 | 82 | 54 | 58 | 52 | 88 | 14 | 74 | 140 | 64 | 3,126 | 63 | 30 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 67 | 1,068 | 63 | 160 | 36 | 8 | 100 | 6 | 67 | 93 | 69 | 774 | 62 | 13 |
Wirral | 60 | 2,262 | 79 | 71 | 56 | 10 | 75 | 15 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 2,085 | 22 | 2 |
Wokingham | 74 | 1,582 | 82 | 252 | 87 | 54 | 100 | 14 | 77 | 129 | 71 | 1,105 | 72 | 13 |
Wolverhampton | 64 | 2,154 | 69 | 535 | 66 | 259 | 88 | 7 | 61 | 242 | 63 | 1,071 | 62 | 29 |
Worcestershire | 63 | 3,845 | 63 | 158 | 76 | 22 | 80 | 8 | 61 | 148 | 63 | 3,465 | 67 | 16 |
York | 68 | 1,355 | 73 | 30 | 86 | 6 | 100 | 4 | 61 | 37 | 68 | 1,260 | 73 | 8 |
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Summary of Reading, writing and maths results for 10 to 11 year olds By ethnicity and area Summary
Data for the 2018 to 2019 school year shows that:
- out of all local authorities, White pupils were most likely to meet the expected standard in Richmond upon Thames (83%) and least likely to in Peterborough and Slough (55%) – this doesn't include City of London and Isles of Scilly which only have one school each, and whose results need to be treated with caution
- figures for other ethnic groups are based on small numbers of pupils, so reliable generalisations can't be made
6. By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals
Ethnicity | FSM | Non-FSM |
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% | % | |
All | 47 | 68 |
Asian | 58 | 71 |
Bangladeshi | 66 | 71 |
Indian | 62 | 78 |
Pakistani | 55 | 64 |
Asian other | 58 | 74 |
Black | 57 | 67 |
Black African | 60 | 69 |
Black Caribbean | 48 | 60 |
Black other | 54 | 63 |
Chinese | 75 | 80 |
Mixed | 51 | 71 |
Mixed White/Asian | 53 | 77 |
Mixed White/Black African | 53 | 71 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 47 | 64 |
Mixed other | 52 | 72 |
White | 44 | 68 |
White British | 44 | 69 |
White Irish | 47 | 78 |
Gypsy/Roma | 17 | 21 |
Irish Traveller | 23 | 32 |
White other | 49 | 64 |
Other | 51 | 65 |
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Summary of Reading, writing and maths results for 10 to 11 year olds By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals Summary
Eligibility for free school meals (FSM) in England is used as an indicator of deprivation.
The data for FSM-eligible pupils shows that:
- 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared with 68% of non-FSM pupils
- pupils from the Chinese ethnic group were most likely out of all ethnic groups to meet the expected standard (at 75%)
- White Gypsy and Roma pupils were least likely out of all ethnic groups to meet the expected standard (at 17%)
- in every ethnic group, they were less likely to meet the expected standard than non-FSM pupils
7. Data sources
Source
National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2019 (revised)
Type of data
Administrative data
Type of statistic
National Statistics
Publisher
Department for Education
Publication frequency
Yearly
Purpose of data source
The main purpose is to measure schools' and pupils' progress and performance from key stage 1 to key stage 2, in order to monitor and improve standards and inform parental choice when applying to local schools.
8. Download the data
This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type_geography_code, gender, age, FSM, value, value_type, denominator, numerator
This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type_geography_code, gender, age, value, value_type, denominator, numerator