The tables provide 2012 information on pupil residency-based small area pupil attainment (early years foundation stage profile (EYFSP) and key stages 1, 2, 4 and 5) broken down by gender, free school meal (FSM) eligibility (key stages 2 and 4 only) and ethnicity (key stages 2 and 4 only). The tables also provide information on pupil residency-based pupil absence broken down by gender for the 2011 to 2012 academic year.

The key points from the latest release are:

• at EYFSP, girls consistently perform better than boys in almost all LADs

• at key stage 1, key stage 2, key stage 4 and key stage 5, girls also outperform boys in all but a small number of LADs

• overall, all other pupils perform significantly better than FSM pupils in all areas of the country, this performance gap can be seen at both key stage 2 and key stage 4

• Chinese pupils continue to have the highest levels of attainment in all regions for key stage 2 and key stage 4

• black pupils have some of the lowest levels of attainment across the country at these 2 key stages

• levels of persistent absence among pupils in secondary schools are generally higher among pupils living in the north of the country than those living in the south

• there is smaller variation across the regions for pupils in primary schools with the Yorkshire and the Humber having the highest level of persistent absence and the South East the lowest

• in all schools, pupils in Yorkshire and the Humber have the highest level of unauthorised absence (1.1% of half days missed), but not the highest level of overall absence which is in the North East (5.3% of half days missed)
• pupils in London have the lowest levels of overall absence (4.8% of half days missed) but a relatively high level of unauthorised absence (1% of half days missed) compared to pupils in other regions

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Additional information on maps above:

• map: early years foundation stage profile by local authority district - percentage of pupils in all schools and early years’ settings achieving a good level of development by local authority district (of pupil residence), 2012

• map: early years foundation stage profile by middle layer super output area - percentage of pupils in all schools and early years’ settings achieving a good level of development by middle layer super output area (of pupil residence), 2012

• map: key stage 1 average point score by local authority district - average point score of pupils in maintained schools by local authority district (of pupil residence), 2012

• map: key stage 1 average point score by middle layer super output area - average point score of pupils in maintained schools by middle layer super output area (of pupil residence), 2012

• map: key stage 2 by local authority district - percentage of pupils in maintained schools achieving level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths combined by local authority district (of pupil residence), 2012

• map: key stage 2 by middle layer super output area - percentage of pupils in maintained schools achieving level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths combined by middle layer super output area (of pupil residence), 2012

• map: key stage 4 - 5+ GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics by local authority district - percentage of pupils in maintained schools achieving 5 A* to C grades at GCSE or equivalent including English and mathematics GCSEs by local authority district (of pupil residence), 2012

• map: key stage 4 - 5+ GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics by middle layer super output area - percentage of pupils in maintained schools achieving 5 A* to C grades at GCSE or equivalent including English and mathematics GCSEs by middle layer super output area (of pupil residence), 2012

• map: key stage 4 English Baccalaureate by local authority district - percentage of pupils in maintained schools achieving the English Baccalaureate by local authority district (of pupil residence), 2012

• map: key stage 5 - 2 or more passes by local authority district - percentage of students achieving 2 or more passes of A level equivalent size in maintained schools and further education sector colleges by local authority district (of student residence), 2012

• map: key stage 5 avera

Reference Id: SFR08/2011

Publication Type: Statistical First Release

Publication data: Underlying Statistical data

Local Authority data: LAD data

Region: England

Release Date: 25 May 2011

Coverage status: Final

Publication Status: Published

The tables based on pupil residency also include information broken down by pupil characteristics (gender, free school meal (FSM) eligibility and ethnic group). These latest statistics complement the 2008 to 2009 absence figures which were previously published on 26 May 2010 and other previous releases which are all available in the education, skills and training domain on the http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk" class="govuk-link">Neighbourhood Statistics website.

The following data is available:

Tables based on the geographic location of schools:

• Pupil absence in schools referenced by location of educational institution at national, regional, local authority district (LAD) and middle layer super output area (MSOA) level.

Tables based on pupil residency:

• Pupil absence in schools by gender referenced by location of pupil residence, at national, regional, LAD, MSOA and lower layer super output area level.
• Pupil absence in schools by ethnic group referenced by location of pupil residence, at national, regional, LAD and MSOA level.
• Pupil absence in schools by free school meal eligibility referenced by location of pupil residence, at national, regional, LAD and MSOA level.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The tables reinforce messages in previous publications about patterns of absence and the relationship between absence and pupil characteristics (gender, FSM eligibility and ethnic group) at national, regional and local level.
• Resident girls have higher levels of overall absence than boys in 268 (82%) of LADs. The difference in overall absence between girls and boys is largest in the South West and lowest in London.
• Resident pupils known to be eligible for FSM have higher levels of overall absence in every Local Authority District (apart from the City of London) than those known not to be eligible for FSM.
• Resident Chinese pupils have the lowest levels of overall absence across all regions.

martin.hill@education.gsi.gov.uk