Children: Communication Skills

(asked on 26th February 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many reception year children in Ashfield constituency who are classified as disadvantaged reached the expected levels in speech and communication skills in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 7th March 2016

The data requested is presented in the table attached.

The data requested is presented in the table below:

Percentage of pupils achieving at least the expected level in communication and language in early years foundation stage profile teacher assessments by parliamentary constituency of pupil residence

Years: 2013 to 2015

Coverage: Ashfield parliamentary constituency

Year

Free School Meals (FSM)

Number of eligible pupils

Communication and Language

%

2015

FSM

234

67

all other pupils

1,020

84

All pupils

1,254

81

2014

FSM

254

70

all other pupils

946

82

All pupils

1,200

80

2013

FSM

280

68

all other pupils

909

80

All pupils

1,189

78

1. Figures are based on final data.

2. Only includes pupils with a valid result for every achievement scale.

3. All English providers of state-funded early years education (including academies and free schools), private, voluntary and independent (PVI) sectors are within the scope of the EYFSP data collection. Data for any children in the PVI sector no longer in receipt of funding who were included in the return submitted by the LA to DfE will not be included in the figures.

4. Only includes pupils who are resident in England.

5. “All other pupils” includes pupils not eligible for free school meals and for whom free school meal eligibility was unclassified or could not be determined.

Reticulating Splines