Reading, writing and maths results for 10 to 11 year olds
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- 3. Navigate toBy ethnicity and gender section
- 4. Navigate toBy ethnicity and area section
- 5. Navigate toBy ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals section
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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
Things you need to know
In the 2018 to 2019 school year, 644,377 pupils were assessed for reading, writing and maths in key stage 2 at state-funded schools.
Ethnicity was known for 99% of pupils. Of those:
- 74% of pupils were White
- 11% were Asian
- 6% had Mixed ethnicity
- 6% were Black
- 0.4% were from the Chinese ethnic group
- 2% were from Other ethnic groups
Numbers of pupils vary in the results for different subjects. This is because pupils who don’t have a valid result for a particular subject are excluded from the total. For more about valid results, see the Methodology.
Results for reading, writing and maths in the 2018 to 2019 school year are not directly comparable to earlier years. This is due to changes to the writing teacher assessment frameworks in 2018.
There were 2,320 White Gypsy and Roma pupils and 473 Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils.
The Isles of Scilly had 19 pupils and the City of London had 28. Please use caution when interpreting figures for these groups and local authorities as they are based on small numbers of pupils.
What the data measures
This data measures the percentage of pupils who met the expected and higher standards in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2.
The data covers the 2018 to 2019 school year. The download file also provides attainment for pupils who were eligible for free school meals and those who were not eligible.
The standards are:
- expected standard – pupils have a ‘scaled score’ of 100 or more in reading and maths, and are 'working at the expected standard' or 'working at a greater depth within the expected standard' in writing
- higher standard – pupils have a ‘scaled score’ of 110 or more in reading and maths, and are 'working at a greater depth within the expected standard' in writing
Scaled scores range from 80 to 120. They allow for variations in test difficulty year on year, making it possible to make a clearer comparison between years. You can read more about scaled scores at key stage 2.
The ethnic categories used in this data
This data uses categories from the Department for Education’s school census. These groupings are broadly based on the 2001 national Census, with 2 exceptions:
- White Irish Traveller and White Gypsy and Roma children have been separated into 2 categories
- pupils in the Chinese ethnic group are in a separate category from Asian pupils
These changes were made after consultations with local authorities and lobby groups.
Local authority data is only provided for 6 ethnic groups:
- Asian
- Black
- Chinese
- Mixed
- White
- Other
2. 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
3. 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 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity and gender’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity and gender’ (CSV)
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
4. 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 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity and area’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity and area’ (CSV)
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
5. 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 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals’ (CSV)
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
6. Methodology
The key stage 2 datasets combine information from the following 2 data sources:
- key stage 1 results
- school census records
Key stage 2 data from the Standard Testing Agency is matched to school census records to identify pupils’ ethnicities and free school meal eligibility.
Only pupils with a valid outcome are included in the calculations for that subject.
Valid results are:
- achieved the expected standard
- not achieved the expected standard
- absent
- working below the standard of the test
- unable to access the test
Some data is broken down by pupils' eligibility for free school meals (FSM). To be eligible, families must:
- have applied for FSM at the time of the school census in January
- be receiving a qualifying benefit like Jobseeker’s Allowance
FSM eligibility is used as an indicator of disadvantage. However, not all eligible parents apply for FSM and some families who do not reach the eligibility threshold may still be experiencing deprivation.
In the 2018 to 2019 school year, 17% of pupils in year 6 (the final year of key stage 2) were eligible for free school meals.
Rounding
Percentages given in charts, tables and downloads are rounded to the nearest whole number.
Related publications
Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2019.
Quality and methodology information
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