Attainment of development goals by children aged 4 to 5 years

Published 15 February 2018

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1. Main facts and figures

• in 2015/16 there were 669,052 children at the end of the early years foundation stage, and ethnicity was known for 612,907 (92%) of them

• 77% were White, 10% were Asian, 6% were Mixed, 5% were Black, 2% were from the Other ethnic group and 0.5% were Chinese

The data for expected standards in development shows that:

• in 2015/16, two-thirds of all children achieved at least the expected standard in development

• in the broad ethnic groups, White children and children of Mixed ethnicity were most likely to meet the expected standard

• in the more specific ethnic groups, children of Indian and Mixed White and Asian ethnic groups were most likely to meet the expected standard

• children of all ethnicities eligible for free school meals (FSM) were less likely to meet the expected standard than non-eligible children, except Gypsy/Roma children

Things you need to know

Local authorities in England must collect and report the results for all state-funded children at the end of the early years foundation stage (EYFS).

Results are reported for children at maintained schools (including academies) and private, voluntary and independent settings.

The data does not include children whose education is not paid for by the government.

School complete each child's early years foundation stage profile (EYFSP) during the summer term of the academic year in which the child reaches age 5, unless the child:

• has an exemption from the Secretary of State for education
• is continuing in EYFS provision beyond the year in which they turn 5
• has recently arrived from abroad and so an accurate and valid assessment cannot be completed
• has spent a lengthy period of time away from the setting, for example because of illness or medical treatment

The percentage achieving at least the expected standard in all development goals includes all children except those who are exempt.

Figures for some ethnic groups on local authority level are very small, so these should be interpreted carefully.

In the analysis ‘Attainment of development goals, by ethnicity, gender and local authority’, figures for all ethnic groups except White and Mixed are based on small numbers of pupils and are highly variable over time.

What the data measures

This data measures the percentage of children who met the expected standard in development at the end of the early years foundation stage in England. It is broken down by ethnicity.

The early years foundation stage profile (EYFSP) is an assessment by teachers of children’s development at the end of the school year in which the children turn 5.

Development is assessed against 17 measures (‘early learning goals’) in 7 areas of learning.

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

Data was collected from about 669,000 children.

Percentages are the number of children who met the expected standard in development from a particular ethnic group out of the total number of children in that particular ethnic group (not including children who are exempt).

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:

• Travellers 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 children 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 categories where possible and when the data is available. The 6 broad categories used are:

• 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 these levels.

The 5 broad categories are:

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

2. Attainment of development goals by ethnicity

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Early years foundation stage profile results: 2015 to 2016

Percentage of early years pupils who met the expected standard in development, and total number of pupils, by ethnicity

Ethnicity	%	All pupils
All	67	669,052
Asian	65	61,999
Bangladeshi	62	9,065
Indian	73	18,457
Pakistani	59	23,710
Asian other	65	10,767
Black	66	30,676
Black African	67	20,837
Black Caribbean	65	5,532
Black other	65	4,307
Chinese	66	2,928
Mixed	69	37,862
Mixed White/Asian	73	9,153
Mixed White/Black African	69	5,474
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	65	9,501
Mixed other	69	13,734
White	69	469,032
White British	70	422,359
White Irish	70	1,598
White Irish Traveller	36	644
White Gypsy/Roma	24	1,793
White other	59	42,638
Other	58	10,410

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Summary of Attainment of development goals by children aged 4 to 5 years Attainment of development goals by ethnicity Summary

This data shows that:

• overall, 67% of children met the expected standard in development in the early years foundation stage in 2015/16

• children from the Indian and Mixed White and Asian ethnic groups were most likely to meet the expected standard (both at 73%); those from White British (70%) and White Irish (70%) ethnic groups, Mixed White and Black African (69%), and children of other Mixed ethnicity (69%) also performed better than the national average

• 24% of White Gypsy/Roma children met the expected standard – the lowest level of attainment

3. Attainment of development goals by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Early years foundation stage profile results: 2015 to 2016

Percentage of early years pupils who met the expected standard in development by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)

	All		FSM eligible		All other pupils
Ethnicity	All %	All Pupils	FSM eligible %	FSM eligible Pupils	All other pupils %	All other pupils Pupils
All	67	669,052	52	93,538	70	575,514
Asian	65	61,999	55	5,932	66	56,067
Bangladeshi	62	9,065	59	1,401	62	7,664
Indian	73	18,457	62	652	74	17,805
Pakistani	59	23,710	52	2,797	60	20,913
Asian other	65	10,767	54	1,082	67	9,685
Black	66	30,676	60	7,036	68	23,640
Black African	67	20,837	61	4,485	68	16,352
Black Caribbean	65	5,532	58	1,519	68	4,013
Black other	65	4,307	60	1,032	66	3,275
Chinese	66	2,928	58	256	67	2,672
Mixed	69	37,862	58	7,542	72	30,320
Mixed White/Asian	73	9,153	58	1,168	76	7,985
Mixed White/Black African	69	5,474	59	1,137	72	4,337
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	65	9,501	56	2,777	69	6,724
Mixed other	69	13,734	59	2,460	71	11,274
White	69	469,032	50	63,227	72	405,805
White British	70	422,359	50	59,641	73	362,718
White Irish	70	1,598	48	215	73	1,383
White Irish Traveller	36	644	25	277	44	367
White Gypsy/Roma	24	1,793	27	518	23	1,275
White other	59	42,638	50	2,576	60	40,062
Other
Any other	58	10,410	53	1,922	60	8,488

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Summary of Attainment of development goals by children aged 4 to 5 years Attainment of development goals by ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals (FSM) Summary

In 2015/16 there were 93,538 children eligible for FSM in early years foundation stage (14% of children).

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, 52% of FSM-eligible children met the expected standard in 2015/16 compared with 70% of non-eligible children (a gap of 18 percentage points)

• attainment was lower for FSM-eligible children than for non-eligible children in all ethnic groups except the Gypsy/Roma group

• Traveller children of Irish heritage, at 25%, had the lowest attainment of all FSM-eligible children

• Indian children, at 62%, had the highest attainment of all FSM-eligible children

• 48% of White Irish children eligible for FSM met the expected standard, compared with 73% of White Irish children who were not eligible – a gap of 25 percentage points, the largest of all ethnic groups

• 59% of Bangladeshi children eligible for FSM met the expected standard compared with 62% of Bangladeshi children who were not eligible – a gap of 3 percentage points, the smallest in all ethnic groups

• attainment of FSM-eligible children in these groups was lower than the national average: White British (50%), Other White ethnicity (50%), White Irish (48%), Gypsy/Roma (27%) and Traveller of Irish Heritage (25%)

4. Attainment of development goals by ethnicity and area

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Early years foundation stage profile results: 2015 to 2016

Percentage of early years pupils who met the expected standard in development by ethnicity and local authority

Local authority	All	Asian	Black	Chinese	Mixed	White
	Value	Value	Value	Value	Value	Value
All- England	67	65	66	66	69	69
Barking and Dagenham	67	71	71		75	63
Barnet	68	72	59	81	73	70
Barnsley	63	33	59		61	64
Bath and North East Somerset	68	74	56		67	68
Bedford	60	52	66	60	67	62
Bexley	77	77	80	79	79	77
Birmingham	61
Blackburn with Darwen	59	60	50	36	66	59
Blackpool	63	52			65	64
Bolton	61	61	47	31	69	64
Bournemouth	70	77		57	71	72
Bracknell Forest	72	80	59	75	69	73
Bradford	63	61	65		65	66
Brent	66	70	64	67	70	66
Brighton and Hove	65	60	56	47	65	66
Bristol, City of	65	52	53	87	66	68
Bromley	75	80	71	67	76	76
Buckinghamshire	69	55	65	76	73	72
Bury	68	60	72	50	66	69
Calderdale	65	53	67	44	61	68
Cambridgeshire	67	65	51	78	68	68
Camden	63	61	53	64	61	66
Central Bedfordshire	67	62	67	50	66	68
Cheshire East	69	68			64	70
Cheshire West and Chester	69	67	50		72	70
City of London	79	73
Cornwall	65	56		53	70	66
County Durham	66	72	55	52	70	67
Coventry	64	68	68	70	67	62
Croydon	68	67	67	77	69	71
Cumbria	63
Darlington	67	45	57		75	68
Derby	64	54	65	50	72	67
Derbyshire	68	66	69	62	71	68
Devon	71	70		67	75	72
Doncaster	68	59	56	77	65	68
Dorset	69	54			67	69
Dudley	62	54	57	36	65	63
Ealing	68	69	64		76	70
East Riding of Yorkshire	68	75			76	68
East Sussex	75	78	67	83	73	75
Enfield	64
Essex	70	70	72	60	71	71
Gateshead	67	81	67	47	67	68
Gloucestershire	65	60	52	53	63	66
Greenwich	77	80	79	83	79	76
Hackney	68	77	73	81	80	74
Halton	58				62	58
Hammersmith and Fulham	69	75	62		71	71
Hampshire	74	74	67	74	73	74
Haringey	71	80	72	66	80	71
Harrow	71	76	67		73	68
Hartlepool	65	54			70	65
Havering	69	69	61		71	70
Herefordshire	71	59		100	63	71
Hertfordshire	68	63	63	77	68	69
Hillingdon	68	72	66	57	72	68
Hounslow	67	68	61	73	80	68
Isle of Wight	71				77	71
Isles of Scilly
Islington	64	68	58		63	69
Kensington and Chelsea	62	68	51		60	69
Kent	74	73	77	59	77	74
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	60	59	40		58	61
Kingston upon Thames	75	68	63	85	76	76
Kirklees	65	59	57	73	66	68
Knowsley	65	71	45	100	63	65
Lambeth	67	63	64	64	71	70
Lancashire	67	58	69	52	66	69
Leeds	60	53	56	56	59	62
Leicester	58	62	55	56	59	56
Leicestershire	66	70	59	73	68	66
Lewisham	78	75	76	74	78	83
Lincolnshire	69	74		82	67	69
Liverpool	58	54	54	45	55	60
Luton	63	63	68	58	66	63
Manchester	60	56	64	63	63	63
Medway	71	72	76	73	71	72
Merton	70	72	69	64	77	70
Middlesbrough	57	58	81		61	59
Milton Keynes	70	73	66	81	73	69
Newcastle upon Tyne	68	66	57	62	71	70
Newham	70	73	70	69	75	68
Norfolk	67	61	65	50	66	67
North East Lincolnshire	68	56			64	68
North Lincolnshire	73	68	63		83	74
North Somerset	73	59	64		74	73
North Tyneside	68	56	50	70	71	69
North Yorkshire	67	61	45		72	68
Northamptonshire	66	59	61	62	67	67
Northumberland	72	63		57	76	72
Nottingham	62	64	62		61	63
Nottinghamshire	64	62	71	61	64	65
Oldham	57	44	49		65	65
Oxfordshire	69	56	63	75	70	71
Peterborough	61	56	69	57	61	62
Plymouth	63	72	54	73	67	63
Poole	71	77	58		71	72
Portsmouth	69	62	77	75	72	70
Reading	69	69	73	64	66	71
Redbridge	70	73	63	88	70	67
Redcar and Cleveland	65	71			63	65
Richmond upon Thames	77	75	63	68	80	78
Rochdale	59	55	60	42	59	61
Rotherham	69	67	52	53	70	70
Rutland	69		43		67	70
Salford	62	68	67	57	63	65
Sandwell	57	57	61	75	63	58
Sefton	68	72	50		66	69
Sheffield	68	65	67	69	67	69
Shropshire	68	77	56		67	69
Slough	68	72	61		70	62
Solihull	69	69	63	67	71	69
Somerset	68	62		75	73	68
South Gloucestershire	75	72	76		75	76
South Tyneside	66	57	60		62	67
Southampton	68	73	69	80	67	69
Southend-on-Sea	70	66	73	63	72	71
Southwark	70	71	68	71	70	74
St. Helens	64	43		100	57	64
Staffordshire	72	65	70	67	77	73
Stockport	67	61	71		63	69
Stockton-on-Tees	63	52	59		62	64
Stoke-on-Trent	61	51	67	61	70	63
Suffolk	68	64	70		67	70
Sunderland	67	52	83	47	75	68
Surrey	75	73	67	78	77	76
Sutton	68	70	68	64	64	69
Swindon	67	66	75	75	70	68
Tameside	61	54	56	50	63	62
Telford and Wrekin	67
Thurrock	74	76	75		75	74
Torbay	68	55			68	69
Tower Hamlets	64	64	66	72	68	62
Trafford	72	68	59	67	67	76
Wakefield	63	62	53	56	58	64
Walsall	61	60	63	60	63	62
Waltham Forest	70	70	66	67	74	73
Wandsworth	72	66	68	63	71	76
Warrington	71	64	70	100	67	71
Warwickshire	69	70	67	79	71	69
West Berkshire	75	71	67	100	80	75
West Sussex	67	60	53	72	68	68
Westminster	68	70	66	81	74	73
Wigan	62	51	61	28	69	64
Wiltshire	70	65	68	40	67	70
Windsor and Maidenhead	73	73	58		73	75
Wirral	68	67	77	60	72	68
Wokingham	74	77	77	63	71	75
Wolverhampton	57	61	63	45	56	56
Worcestershire	67	63	52	54	70	68
York	73	63		44	60	74

Data not collected

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Summary of Attainment of development goals by children aged 4 to 5 years Attainment of development goals by ethnicity and area Summary

This data shows that:

• at local authority level, Asian children were most likely to meet the expected standard in Gateshead (81%) and least likely to meet the standard in Barnsley (33%)

• Black children were most likely to meet the expected standard in Sunderland (83%) and least likely in Kingston Upon Hull (40%)

• 100% of Chinese children met the expected standard in Warrington, Herefordshire, West Berkshire, Knowsley and St Helens – they were least likely to meet the standard in Wigan (28%)

• children of Mixed ethnicity were most likely to meet the expected standard in North Lincolnshire (83%) and least likely to in Liverpool (55%)

• White children were most likely to meet the expected standard in Lewisham (83%) and least likely to in Leicester and Wolverhampton (both 56%)

5. Attainment of development goals by ethnicity and gender

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Early years foundation stage profile results: 2015 to 2016

Percentage of early years pupils who met the expected standard in development, and total number of pupils, by ethnicity and gender

	All		Boys		Girls
Ethnicity	All %	All All pupils	Boys %	Boys All pupils	Girls %	Girls All pupils
All	67	669,052	60	342,947	75	326,105
Asian	65	61,999	57	31,669	72	30,330
Bangladeshi	62	9,065	53	4,596	70	4,469
Indian	73	18,457	66	9,516	81	8,941
Pakistani	59	23,710	51	12,046	67	11,664
Asian other	65	10,767	58	5,511	73	5,256
Black	66	30,676	58	15,458	75	15,218
Black African	67	20,837	58	10,506	75	10,331
Black Caribbean	65	5,532	56	2,767	74	2,765
Black other	65	4,307	56	2,185	73	2,122
Chinese	66	2,928	58	1,540	75	1,388
Mixed	69	37,862	61	19,233	77	18,629
Mixed White/Asian	73	9,153	66	4,626	80	4,527
Mixed White/Black African	69	5,474	61	2,730	77	2,744
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	65	9,501	56	4,812	74	4,689
Mixed other	69	13,734	62	7,065	77	6,669
White	69	469,032	61	240,962	77	228,070
White British	70	422,359	62	217,016	78	205,343
White Irish	70	1,598	64	862	77	736
White Irish Traveller	36	644	27	328	45	316
White Gypsy/Roma	24	1,793	18	891	30	902
White other	59	42,638	52	21,865	67	20,773
Other	58	10,410	52	5,471	66	4,939

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Summary of Attainment of development goals by children aged 4 to 5 years Attainment of development goals by ethnicity and gender Summary

This data shows that:

• overall, 75% of girls and 60% of boys met the expected standard in development in 2015/16 (a gap of 15 percentage points)

• out of all groups, Indian girls were most likely to meet the expected standard, at 81%

• Gypsy/Roma boys were least likely to meet the expected standard, at 18%

• White British girls (78%) did better than White British boys (62%) – a difference of 16 percentage points

• the smallest attainment gap between girls and boys was between Gypsy/Roma girls (30%) and Gypsy/Roma boys (18%) – a difference of 12 percentage points

• the largest gap in attainment between girls and boys (18 percentage points) was for children in these ethnic groups: Mixed White and Black Caribbean (74% of girls met the expected standard and 56% of boys), Traveller of Irish Heritage (45% of girls and 27% of boys) and Black Caribbean (74% of girls and 56% of boys)

6. Attainment of development goals by ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Early years foundation stage profile results: 2015 to 2016

Percentage of early years pupils who met the expected standard in development by ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals (FSM)

	Boys		Girls
Ethnicity	Boys FSM	Boys Non- FSM	Girls FSM	Girls Non- FSM
All	43	62	61	78
Asian	49	58	62	73
Bangladeshi	52	54	65	71
Indian	56	67	69	81
Pakistani	46	52	60	68
Asian other	48	59	61	74
Black	52	59	69	76
Black African	53	60	68	77
Black Caribbean	47	60	69	76
Black other	52	58	70	74
Chinese	50	59	68	76
Mixed	49	65	67	80
Mixed White/Asian	48	69	69	82
Mixed White/Black African	49	64	68	79
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	47	60	64	78
Mixed other	50	65	68	79
White	41	64	60	79
White British	41	66	60	81
White Irish	39	67	57	80
White Irish Traveller	19	34	32	54
White Gypsy/Roma	22	17	31	30
White other	40	52	59	68
Other	45	53	62	67

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Summary of Attainment of development goals by children aged 4 to 5 years Attainment of development goals 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, for FSM-eligible children:

• girls were more likely to meet the expected standard than boys in all ethnic groups

• 19% of boys of White Irish Traveller heritage met the expected standard – the lowest attainment of all eligible children

• girls of Other Black ethnicities were most likely to meet the expected standard at 70% compared with all other groups

• the attainment gap between girls and boys was largest for Black Caribbean children (22 percentage points), and smallest for Gypsy/Roma children (9 percentage points)

• 39% of White Irish boys met the expected standard compared with 67% of White Irish boys who were not eligible – a gap of 28 percentage points (larger than for any other group)

• 57% of White Irish girls met the expected standard compared with 80% of White Irish girls who were not eligible – a gap of 23 percentage points (larger than for any other group)

• girls and boys were less likely to meet the expected standard than those who were not eligible across all ethnic groups, except for Gypsy/Roma children

7. Attainment of development goals by ethnicity, gender and area

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Early years foundation stage profile results: 2015 to 2016

Percentage of early years pupils who met the expected standard in development, by ethnicity, gender and local authority

	All		Asian		Black		Chinese		Mixed		White
Local authority	All Girls	All Boys	Asian Girls	Asian Boys	Black Girls	Black Boys	Chinese Girls	Chinese Boys	Mixed Girls	Mixed Boys	White Girls	White Boys
North East	75	59	68	53	76	49	54	52	76	61	76	59
County Durham	74	59	67	76			50	57	78	66	74	59
Darlington	74	60	68	28							75	60
Gateshead	75	60	84	78			43	50	79	59	76	61
Hartlepool	72	58	47	67							73	58
Middlesbrough	66	49	66	48	82	80			71	51	67	50
Newcastle upon Tyne	75	61	74	57	75	40	77	52	76	65	76	65
North Tyneside	76	61	65	50					88	53	77	62
Northumberland	80	64	62	64					81	71	81	64
Redcar and Cleveland	76	56							50	71	76	55
South Tyneside	75	58	61	52					71	47	77	59
Stockton-on-Tees	72	54	63	43					64	60	74	56
Sunderland	76	58	57	49					85	67	77	59
North West	73	56	65	49	70	52	65	48	73	56	75	58
Blackburn with Darwen	68	51	70	51	45	60			78	50	68	52
Blackpool	70	56	48	58					68	63	71	56
Bolton	69	53	70	52	54	40			79	57	71	57
Bury	72	63	69	54	73	70			73	60	73	64
Cheshire East	77	61	72	64					66	62	79	61
Cheshire West and Chester	78	61	77	58					85	60	78	61
Cumbria	71	55
Halton	67	48							80	52	67	49
Knowsley	74	56							65	60	75	55
Lancashire	75	60	66	50	76	60			74	59	77	62
Liverpool	68	49	60	48	64	45	55	37	62	48	69	51
Manchester	70	51	67	46	74	55	76	53	76	51	73	54
Oldham	65	48	52	36	55	43			73	55	74	56
Rochdale	69	50	65	44	67	50			67	54	72	51
Salford	74	52	84	53	80	56			74	53	77	54
Sefton	78	59	77	69					83	56	78	59
St. Helens	74	55					100		79	38	74	55
Stockport	75	59	63	60	84	44			69	56	77	61
Tameside	71	51	58	50	74	39			71	54	73	52
Trafford	80	65	74	62	62	56	80	54	75	56	83	69
Warrington	79	62	65	64	100	57	100	100	72	62	80	63
Wigan	71	54	68	35	75	45			79	56	73	56
Wirral	78	59	74	58			63	58	77	69	78	59
Yorkshire and The Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber	74	57	68	52	68	49	66	49	72	58	75	59
Barnsley	74	53		50					57	63	75	53
Bradford	71	56	69	53	76	47			69	62	74	59
Calderdale	74	55	61	45					76	45	78	58
Doncaster	76	59	65	53	79	44	100	57	81	50	77	60
East Riding of Yorkshire	76	61							80	72	76	61
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	68	52	69	52	40	41			70	49	70	53
Kirklees	75	57	69	50	68	50			76	56	77	60
Leeds	68	52	60	46	63	48	68	46	66	52	71	54
North East Lincolnshire	76	61	50	63					63	66	76	62
North Lincolnshire	82	63	73	63							83	64
North Yorkshire	76	59	69	53	60	33			81	65	76	60
Rotherham	77	61	77	58	61	37	57	50	81	60	78	63
Sheffield	75	61	71	60	76	57	78	56	73	61	77	62
Wakefield	72	54	74	53	65	35			63	53	73	55
York	79	68	72	57					73	51	79	69
East Midlands	73	57	70	55	69	52	79	55	74	57	75	59
Derby	72	56	62	47	75	53	57	46	81	63	74	59
Derbyshire	76	60	69	63			50	73	82	59	76	61
Leicester	66	50	69	56	65	45	63	50	69	48	65	47
Leicestershire	74	58	79	59	65	54			74	61	75	58
Lincolnshire	76	62	88	59	100		100	57	71	62	76	63
Northamptonshire	74	58	66	52	66	55			74	61	75	60
Nottingham	70	54	72	57	73	52	100		71	52	71	54
Nottinghamshire	73	56	69	55	77	63	76	48	75	56	74	56
Rutland	81	60									82	60
West Midlands	73	56	70	53	71	56	79	50	75	57	75	59
Birmingham	68	53
Coventry	73	55	78	59	78	60			74	60	72	54
Dudley	73	52	67	42	63	48			73	54	74	53
Herefordshire	79	63	56	63				100	65	62	80	63
Sandwell	64	49	63	51	66	56	100	43	73	52	66	50
Shropshire	77	60	79	75					78	54	78	60
Solihull	76	61	79	58	72	53			82	60	76	63
Staffordshire	80	65	78	53	77	63	82	50	82	72	80	66
Stoke-on-Trent	70	52	58	44	73	60			79	62	73	53
Telford and Wrekin	76	57
Walsall	70	52	72	48	71	56			78	51	70	54
Warwickshire	78	61	80	58	73	52			79	63	78	62
Wolverhampton	66	48	69	53	74	52	50	43	63	47	66	47
Worcestershire	74	60	73	55	67	43			81	59	75	61
East of England	76	60	70	55	76	60	70	62	76	60	77	61
Bedford	69	52	59	46	64	69			77	57	72	53
Cambridgeshire	75	60	73	57	58	46	76	80	76	61	75	61
Central Bedfordshire	75	60	70	56	82	56			75	58	75	60
Essex	78	63	76	64	83	62	63	59	76	66	79	64
Hertfordshire	76	61	71	54	72	54	86	71	77	59	76	62
Luton	71	54	71	55	75	61			79	55	71	55
Norfolk	75	59	68	51	75	55	59	38	70	61	76	60
Peterborough	69	53	66	47	70	67			71	48	69	55
Southend-on-Sea	79	62	62	70	87	62			78	66	80	62
Suffolk	77	60	74	54	78	58			78	57	78	61
Thurrock	82	66	88	64	83	69			85	67	82	66
Inner London	76	62	77	61	76	60	82	60	80	65	79	66
Camden	70	56	69	51	59	48			69	54	74	58
City of London	86	70									100
Hackney	74	62	82	73	80	66			86	74	82	66
Hammersmith and Fulham	75	63	79	70	71	50			78	64	77	65
Haringey	78	65	82	78	79	65	84	47	86	74	78	64
Islington	74	55	75	61	69	46			75	53	79	61
Kensington and Chelsea	70	54	75	58	63	39			61	60	77	62
Lambeth	74	60	63	63	74	54	64	64	75	66	77	64
Lewisham	84	73	87	66	84	69	84	63	85	72	85	80
Newham	77	64	81	65	75	64	73	64	83	67	74	62
Southwark	78	62	79	62	77	58			81	60	79	69
Tower Hamlets	72	56	73	56	73	59	80	58	74	62	72	54
Wandsworth	81	64	79	54	76	60	67	57	82	63	83	70
Westminster	77	60	77	63	71	62			87	65	84	63
Outer London	77	63	79	65	77	60	83	70	80	68	79	64
Barking and Dagenham	74	61	78	64	79	64			78	73	71	53
Barnet	75	61	77	67	67	52	93	61	78	68	77	63
Bexley	83	71	83	70	86	75			86	73	83	71
Brent	73	59	77	65	74	54			75	65	74	59
Bromley	81	69	88	73	79	62	79	61	82	71	81	70
Croydon	76	61	77	58	74	60			73	66	79	63
Ealing	75	62	74	64	74	55		100	84	67	77	63
Enfield	72	56
Greenwich	84	71	88	73	86	71	88	79	88	71	83	70
Harrow	79	64	82	69	78	54			86	60	77	59
Havering	78	61	80	60	77	47		100	83	61	78	63
Hillingdon	77	60	81	63	75	58			78	66	78	58
Hounslow	75	60	76	61	70	52			87	72	76	61
Kingston upon Thames	81	68	75	60	67	58			76	76	83	70
Merton	77	63	78	65	75	63	63	64	84	70	77	63
Redbridge	76	63	79	68	70	57			76	63	75	60
Richmond upon Thames	84	70	81	72	70	58			87	73	85	71
Sutton	78	59	79	61	80	56	85	42	74	53	80	60
Waltham Forest	77	64	76	64	75	56	67	67	80	69	81	65
South East	80	64	76	62	76	60	80	65	81	65	81	65
Bracknell Forest	81	64			71	50			78	61	80	66
Brighton and Hove	73	56	65	56	65	46			74	58	75	57
Buckinghamshire	77	61	61	50	74	56	79	73	82	63	81	64
East Sussex	83	67	79	76	63	69	100	50	86	60	83	68
Hampshire	81	68	79	69	75	58	86	62	79	67	81	68
Isle of Wight	80	62	100						80	73	80	62
Kent	82	67	84	64	87	69	73	44	84	69	82	67
Medway	80	63	81	63	80	73			82	61	81	64
Milton Keynes	79	61	78	69	77	56			86	62	80	60
Oxfordshire	77	61	64	47	71	51			77	64	79	63
Portsmouth	75	62	74	51	81	72	100	43	75	69	77	63
Reading	76	63	73	65	82	66			74	57	78	64
Slough	76	60	81	64	67	54			83	58	70	54
Southampton	78	60	79	67	77	62	100	64	72	61	79	60
Surrey	83	68	81	65	77	57	78	77	84	71	83	69
West Berkshire	83	67	82	59	73	60			88	68	83	68
West Sussex	75	58	72	48	61	45			77	61	76	60
Windsor and Maidenhead	81	65	79	68			100		81	65	83	67
Wokingham	81	67	82	73			67	57	78	62	83	68
South West	76	61	70	56	70	48	74	58	77	61	77	61
Bath and North East Somerset	76	60	80	70	67	43			69	65	77	60
Bournemouth	77	63	81	71	100				78	63	80	64
Bristol, City of	73	57	59	46	65	44	100	75	77	55	75	60
Cornwall	75	56	70	38			57	50	80	60	76	56
Devon	79	64			100				78	72	80	64
Dorset	76	62	57	50				100	77	56	76	62
Gloucestershire	73	57	64	56	65	35			70	56	73	58
Isles of Scilly
North Somerset	80	66	63	54					78	70	81	66
Plymouth	71	55			71	36			72	63	71	55
Poole	80	63	86	67					79	66	81	64
Somerset	75	61	77	48					83	63	75	62
South Gloucestershire	82	68	81	65	81	69	100		82	66	83	69
Swindon	75	60	74	60	86	65			82	59	76	60
Torbay	76	61							85	54	77	62
Wiltshire	78	62	70	62	83	54			74	61	79	63

Data withheld to protect confidentiality

Download table data (CSV) Source data (CSV)

Summary of Attainment of development goals by children aged 4 to 5 years Attainment of development goals by ethnicity, gender and area Summary

Please note that the statistics quoted for all ethnic groups except White and Mixed are based on small numbers of pupils and are highly variable over time.

This data shows that:

• overall, girls were more likely to meet the expected standard than boys in every local authority

• White girls were more likely to meet the expected standard than White boys in all local authorities – the largest attainment gap was in Salford where 54% of boys and 77% of girls met the expected standard (a gap of 23 percentage points); the smallest gap (5 percentage points) was in Lewisham where 80% of boys and 85% of girls met the expected standard

• Asian girls did better than Asian boys in 126 out of 134 local authorities – the largest gap (40 percentage points) was in Darlington and the smallest gap was in Lambeth (no difference)

• Black girls did better than Black boys in 102 out of 106 local authorities – the largest gap (43 percentage points) was in Warrington and the smallest gap (2 percentage points) was in Middlesbrough

• Chinese girls did better than Chinese boys in 38 out of 46 local authorities – the largest gap (57 percentage points) was in Sandwell and Portsmouth, and the smallest gap was in Warrington, Lambeth and Waltham Forest

• girls of Mixed ethnicity did better than boys of Mixed ethnicity in 138 out of 142 local authorities – the largest gap (41 percentage points) was in St Helens and the smallest gap was in Kingston upon Thames

8. Methodology

The EYFSP is an assessment by teachers of children’s development. Children are assessed at the end of the school year in which they turn 5.

The EYFSP dataset is an statutory annual collection of child-level data from all local authorities in England, which runs from June to the end of August.

In the 2015/16 EYFSP collection, valid results for 669,151 children were reported.

Ethnicity isn’t collected as part of the EYFSP collection. So the EYFSP attainment data is matched to data on the National Pupil Database (NPD) to get information broken down by ethnic group. The NPD is linked to the school census, which provides information on ethnicity.

There were discrepancies between the two sets of data. Of the 669,151 children for whom valid results were reported in the EYFSP dataset, 669,052 were found in the NPD.

Of these 669,052 children, ethnicity was not found for 56,145 children (8.4%).

A new profile was introduced in September 2012. The first assessments using the new profile took place in summer 2013, so comparisons cannot be made with profile results from before 2013.

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.

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) .

The DfE does not publish school-level data for the early years foundation stage. Figures for the Isles of Scilly have therefore been suppressed because there is only one school in the Isles of Scilly.

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. 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 are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Related publications

Statistics: early years foundation stage profile – includes previous years' data.

Quality and methodology information

9. Data sources

Source

Early years foundation stage profile results: 2015 to 2016

Type of data

Administrative data

Type of statistic

National Statistics

Publisher

Department for Education

Publication frequency

Yearly

Purpose of data source

The early years foundation stage profile (EYFSP) supports children's transition to key stage 1 (KS1). It should improve professional dialogue between EYFS and KS1 teachers, helping teachers to plan an effective, responsive and appropriate curriculum to meet the needs of all children.

The profile also informs parents or carers about their child’s development against early learning goals.

10. Download the data

Early learning goals- national - Spreadsheet (csv) 23 KB

This file contains the following: ethnicity, gender, FSM eligibility, value and denominator.

Early learning goals- local authority - Spreadsheet (csv) 630 KB

This file contains the following: ethnicity, geography, gender, value, denominator, value notes and geography name.

Publication release date: 15 February 2018

Updated: 2 March 2018

full page history

1. 2 March 2018 minor corrections for style
2. 15 February 2018 First published

From: Department for Education

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