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The latest national statistics on Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England produced by the Department for Education were released on 1st December 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics AuthorityUK Statistics Authority

DfE: Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England, 2010/11

DescriptionThis Statistical First Release contains national and local authority level results for the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) assessments in 2011. The release shows attainment by pupil characteristics, specifically gender, ethnicity, eligibility for free school meals (FSM), special educational needs (SEN) and English as a first language.

The figures contained within this publication combine the information gathered through the School Census in January 2011 and the 2011 Early Years Foundation Stage Profile teacher assessments.

This statistical release was published on 1 December 2011 and updates the release of 16 December 2010.

The key points from this release are:
  • The percentage of children achieving a good level of development in 2011 was 59 per cent compared to 56 per cent in 2010.
  • Between 2010 and 2011, the percentage of pupils achieving a good level of development increased for all broad groupings of pupils, regardless of gender, ethnicity, FSM eligibility, SEN stage or first language.
  • Girls outperformed boys with 68 per cent of girls achieving a good level of development compared to 50 per cent of boys.
  • Looking at the broad ethnicity groupings in 2011, the proportion of groups of pupils who achieved a 'good level of development' above the national average were those from White (60 per cent) and Mixed (60 per cent) backgrounds. The groups that achieved below the national average were those from Black (55 per cent) Asian (55 per cent) and Chinese (58 per cent) backgrounds.
  • A higher proportion (60 per cent) of pupils whose first language is English achieved a good level of development compared with pupils whose first language was other than English (52 per cent).
  • 44 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) achieved a good level of development compared with 62 per cent of other pupils (those not eligible for free school meals or unclassified).
Underlying data and pupil residency based tables showing a breakdown of attainment by pupil characteristics will be added in January 2012.

Note: We are considering publishing the EYFSP attainment by pupil characteristics results in a joint publication in 2012 with the summary national and local authority level results as published in October 2011. This would mean some revisions to the timings of both publications but would result in one Statistical First Release (SFR). If you have comments on this proposed change please contact Sallly Marshall.
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Additional informationEXCEL (National and LA Tables)
Additional informationEXCEL (Pupil Residency Tables)
Publication’s Underlying Data
Additional informationZip Archive (National, LA and Pupil Residency underlying data)
Reference IDSFR29/2011
Coverage Country England
Date Released1 December 2011
Main Category Children, Education and Skills
Sub CategoryCurriculum and qualifications (pre-16)    Click on subcategory link to see if there is later information
TypeStatistical First Release
ContactSally Marshall  sally.marshall@education.gsi.gov.uk  tel: 0114 2742317
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 Publication includes individual Local Authority informationPublication includes individual Local Authority information

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