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These annual statistics report on teacher assessments of childrens development at the end of the early years foundation stage (EYFS), specifically the end of the academic year in which a child turns 5. This is typically the summer term of reception year.

They cover the following at national and subnational level, including breakdowns by child characteristics of:

• the percentage of children assessed to be at the emerging or expected level in the 17 early learning goals across the 7 areas of learning
• the percentage of children with a good level of development
• the average number of early learning goals for which children are at the expected level