Education and Skills in Your Area - England

Early Years

Number of free early education places taken up by three and four year olds
National Indicator 72 - Achievement of at least 78 points across the Early Years Foundation Stage with at least 6 in each of the scales in Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Communication, Language and Literacy
National Indicator 92 - Narrowing the gap between the lowest achieving 20% in the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile and the rest

Number of free early education places taken up by three and four year olds

	1997	2008	Difference
Barking and Dagenham LA	3,770	301	-3,469
Barnet LA	5,555	302	-5,253
Barnsley LA	4,130	370	-3,760
Bath and North East Somerset LA	1,995	800	-1,195
Bedfordshire LA	6,740	820	-5,920
Bexley LA	3,725	303	-3,422
Birmingham LA	19,900	330	-19,570
Blackburn with Darwen LA	2,620	889	-1,731
Blackpool LA	2,140	890	-1,250
Bolton LA	5,635	350	-5,285
Bournemouth LA	1,535	837	-698
Bracknell Forest LA	1,755	867	-888
Bradford LA	11,015	380	-10,635
Brent LA	4,760	304	-4,456
Brighton and Hove LA	2,440	846	-1,594
Bristol LA	7,445	801	-6,644
Bromley LA	3,535	305	-3,230
Buckinghamshire LA	6,565	825	-5,740
Bury LA	3,360	351	-3,009
Calderdale LA	3,935	381	-3,554
Cambridgeshire LA	6,860	873	-5,987
Camden LA	2,610	202	-2,408
Cheshire LA	10,190	875	-9,315
City of London LA	40	201	161
Cornwall LA	6,110	908	-5,202
Coventry LA	5,325	331	-4,994
Croydon LA	5,490	306	-5,184
Cumbria LA	8,185	909	-7,276
Darlington LA	2,205	841	-1,364
Derby LA	3,055	831	-2,224
Derbyshire LA	13,240	830	-12,410
Devon LA	7,730	878	-6,852
Doncaster LA	6,165	371	-5,794
Dorset LA	4,175	835	-3,340
Dudley LA	5,965	332	-5,633
Durham LA	10,085	840	-9,245
Ealing LA	6,475	307	-6,168
East Riding of Yorkshire LA	4,265	811	-3,454
East Sussex LA	6,180	845	-5,335
Enfield LA	4,290	308	-3,982
Essex LA	15,565	881	-14,684
Gateshead LA	3,500	390	-3,110
Gloucestershire LA	6,230	916	-5,314
Greenwich LA	4,975	203	-4,772
Hackney LA	4,100	204	-3,896
Halton LA	2,130	876	-1,254
Hammersmith and Fulham LA	2,390	205	-2,185
Hampshire LA	14,570	850	-13,720
Haringey LA	4,915	309	-4,606
Harrow LA	2,760	310	-2,450
Hartlepool LA	2,360	805	-1,555
Havering LA	2,865	311	-2,554
Herefordshire LA	2,050	884	-1,166
Hertfordshire LA	17,890	919	-16,971
Hillingdon LA	3,830	312	-3,518
Hounslow LA	4,125	313	-3,812
Isle of Wight LA	1,415	921	-494
Isles of Scilly LA	15	420	405
Islington LA	3,450	206	-3,244
Kensington and Chelsea LA	1,755	207	-1,548
Kent LA	16,165	886	-15,279
Kingston upon Hull LA	5,755	810	-4,945
Kingston upon Thames LA	2,450	314	-2,136
Kirklees LA	7,885	382	-7,503
Knowsley LA	4,305	340	-3,965
Lambeth LA	4,170	208	-3,962
Lancashire LA	16,820	888	-15,932
Leeds LA	14,820	383	-14,437
Leicester LA	3,910	856	-3,054
Leicestershire LA	8,400	855	-7,545
Lewisham LA	4,330	209	-4,121
Lincolnshire LA	8,260	925	-7,335
Liverpool LA	9,780	341	-9,439
Luton LA	2,675	821	-1,854
Manchester LA	9,705	352	-9,353
Medway LA	3,275	887	-2,388
Merton LA	3,870	315	-3,555
Middlesbrough LA	3,925	806	-3,119
Milton Keynes LA	2,745	826	-1,919
Newcastle upon Tyne LA	4,965	391	-4,574
Newham LA	5,790	316	-5,474
Norfolk LA	9,675	926	-8,749
North East Lincolnshire LA	3,000	812	-2,188
North Lincolnshire LA	2,365	813	-1,552
North Somerset LA	1,970	802	-1,168
North Tyneside LA	4,280	392	-3,888
North Yorkshire LA	7,640	815	-6,825
Northamptonshire LA	9,740	928	-8,812
Northumberland LA	5,895	929	-4,966
Nottingham LA	5,690	892	-4,798
Nottinghamshire LA	12,335	891	-11,444
Oldham LA	4,665	353	-4,312
Oxfordshire LA	7,645	931	-6,714
Peterborough LA	2,295	874	-1,421
Plymouth LA	3,245	879	-2,366
Poole LA	1,350	836	-514
Portsmouth LA	2,040	851	-1,189
Reading LA	2,050	870	-1,180
Redbridge LA	3,630	317	-3,313
Redcar and Cleveland LA	3,875	807	-3,068
Richmond upon Thames LA	2,415	318	-2,097
Rochdale LA	4,195	354	-3,841
Rotherham LA	4,700	372	-4,328
Rutland LA	380	857	477
Salford LA	5,495	355	-5,140
Sandwell LA	7,025	333	-6,692
Sefton LA	5,275	343	-4,932
Sheffield LA	8,545	373	-8,172
Shropshire LA	3,415	893	-2,522
Slough LA	1,790	871	-919
Solihull LA	3,825	334	-3,491
Somerset LA	5,675	933	-4,742
South Gloucestershire LA	3,150	803	-2,347
South Tyneside LA	3,450	393	-3,057
Southampton LA	2,150	852	-1,298
Southend on Sea LA	2,130	882	-1,248
Southwark LA	5,290	210	-5,080
St Helens LA	3,310	342	-2,968
Staffordshire LA	14,225	860	-13,365
Stockport LA	4,910	356	-4,554
Stockton-on-Tees LA	4,865	808	-4,057
Stoke-on-Trent LA	3,085	861	-2,224
Suffolk LA	7,955	935	-7,020
Sunderland LA	6,120	394	-5,726
Surrey LA	14,130	936	-13,194
Sutton LA	2,465	319	-2,146
Swindon LA	2,140	866	-1,274
Tameside LA	4,585	357	-4,228
Telford and Wrekin LA	2,240	894	-1,346
Thurrock LA	1,870	883	-987
Torbay LA	1,365	880	-485
Tower Hamlets LA	5,060	211	-4,849
Trafford LA	4,670	358	-4,312
Wakefield LA	6,755	384	-6,371
Walsall LA	6,665	335	-6,330
Waltham Forest LA	3,935	320	-3,615
Wandsworth LA	4,650	212	-4,438
Warrington LA	3,155	877	-2,278
Warwickshire LA	6,910	937	-5,973
West Berkshire LA	1,995	869	-1,126
West Sussex LA	8,245	938	-7,307
Westminster LA	2,205	213	-1,992
Wigan LA	4,945	359	-4,586
Wiltshire LA	5,165	865	-4,300
Windsor and Maidenhead LA	1,790	868	-922
Wirral LA	5,475	344	-5,131
Wokingham LA	1,980	872	-1,108
Wolverhampton LA	6,070	336	-5,734
Worcestershire LA	6,515	885	-5,630
York LA	2,530	816	-1,714

England	790,350	1,098,090	307,740

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National Indicator 72 - Achievement of at least 78 points across the Early Years Foundation Stage with at least 6 in each of the scales in Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Communication, Language and Literacy

	2005	Lower Confidence Limit	Upper Confidence Limit	2007	% points difference
Barking and Dagenham LA	16	11	21	26	10
Barnet LA	39	34	44	47	8
Barnsley LA	44	37	50	21	-23
Bath and North East Somerset LA	61	53	68	53	-8
Bedfordshire LA	50	45	54	49	-1
Bexley LA	46	40	52	45	-1
Birmingham LA	39	36	41	40	1
Blackburn with Darwen LA	48	41	56	46	-2
Blackpool LA	56	48	63	38	-18
Bolton LA	59	54	64	53	-6
Bournemouth LA	56	48	64	52	-4
Bracknell Forest LA	43	34	51	44	1
Bradford LA	48	44	52	40	-8
Brent LA	46	40	51	29	-17
Brighton and Hove LA	45	38	51	51	6
Bristol LA	47	42	52	48	1
Bromley LA	49	43	54	48	-1
Buckinghamshire LA	53	49	57	49	-4
Bury LA	32	26	39	46	14
Calderdale LA	52	45	58	49	-3
Cambridgeshire LA	60	56	64	58	-2
Camden LA	51	44	58	51	0
Cheshire LA	59	55	62	64	5
City of London LA	50	-19	119	57	7
Cornwall LA	56	52	60	47	-9
Coventry LA	49	44	54	41	-8
Croydon LA	47	43	52	49	2
Cumbria LA	49	44	54	43	-6
Darlington LA	59	49	68	53	-6
Derby LA	36	30	42	46	10
Derbyshire LA	55	52	59	55	0
Devon LA	49	46	53	40	-9
Doncaster LA	53	48	59	46	-7
Dorset LA	57	52	62	55	-2
Dudley LA	42	36	47	35	-7
Durham LA	42	37	46	37	-5
Ealing LA	41	36	46	44	3
East Riding of Yorkshire LA	54	49	59	50	-4
East Sussex LA	50	46	55	50	0
Enfield LA	43	38	49	38	-5
Essex LA	45	42	48	41	-4
Gateshead LA	57	50	64	45	-12
Gloucestershire LA	65	62	69	55	-10
Greenwich LA	26	21	31	40	14
Hackney LA	40	33	47	41	1
Halton LA	44	36	52	44	0
Hammersmith and Fulham LA	50	42	58	49	-1
Hampshire LA	51	48	54	45	-6
Haringey LA	41	36	47	41	0
Harrow LA	39	32	45	42	3
Hartlepool LA	30	22	38	38	8
Havering LA	60	53	66	55	-5
Herefordshire LA	54	46	62	48	-6
Hertfordshire LA	51	49	54	52	1
Hillingdon LA	45	39	50	51	6
Hounslow LA	48	41	54	37	-11
Isle of Wight LA	52	42	61	49	-3
Isles of Scilly LA	33	-20	87	38	5
Islington LA	45	38	52	39	-6
Kensington and Chelsea LA	57	48	66	43	-14
Kent LA	41	39	44	43	2
Kingston upon Hull LA	35	29	41	35	0
Kingston upon Thames LA	44	35	52	50	6
Kirklees LA	43	38	48	49	6
Knowsley LA	48	41	55	36	-12
Lambeth LA	52	46	58	30	-22
Lancashire LA	59	56	61	52	-7
Leeds LA	47	44	51	47	0
Leicester LA	25	21	30	32	7
Leicestershire LA	47	43	50	48	1
Lewisham LA	34	28	39	32	-2
Lincolnshire LA	62	59	66	46	-16
Liverpool LA	50	46	55	37	-13
Luton LA	31	26	37	33	2
Manchester LA	43	38	47	41	-2
Medway LA	39	33	44	43	4
Merton LA	52	45	59	52	0
Middlesbrough LA	27	21	34	29	2
Milton Keynes LA	47	41	54	48	1
Newcastle upon Tyne LA	43	36	49	42	-1
Newham LA	33	28	37	39	6
Norfolk LA	56	52	59	52	-4
North East Lincolnshire LA	61	54	69	39	-22
North Lincolnshire LA	49	42	57	52	3
North Somerset LA	36	29	42	41	5
North Tyneside LA	72	65	78	55	-17
North Yorkshire LA	60	56	64	51	-9
Northamptonshire LA	45	42	49	46	1
Northumberland LA	63	58	68	62	-1
Nottingham LA	38	33	44	42	4
Nottinghamshire LA	47	43	50	46	-1
Oldham LA	45	39	51	39	-6
Oxfordshire LA	46	42	50	47	1
Peterborough LA	40	33	46	39	-1
Plymouth LA	54	47	60	44	-10
Poole LA	49	41	58	59	10
Portsmouth LA	54	48	61	51	-3
Reading LA	39	31	47	41	2
Redbridge LA	37	32	43	44	7
Redcar and Cleveland LA	46	38	54	44	-2
Richmond upon Thames LA	71	64	77	65	-6
Rochdale LA	42	36	49	43	1
Rotherham LA	34	28	39	37	3
Rutland LA	65	49	81	61	-4
Salford LA	54	48	60	52	-2
Sandwell LA	41	36	46	41	0
Sefton LA	49	43	56	48	-1
Sheffield LA	41	36	45	40	-1
Shropshire LA	46	40	52	43	-3
Slough LA	29	22	36	43	14
Solihull LA	65	59	71	64	-1
Somerset LA	39	35	43	45	6
South Gloucestershire LA	57	51	62	46	-11
South Tyneside LA	36	28	44	26	-10
Southampton LA	39	33	46	39	0
Southend on Sea LA	58	51	65	45	-13
Southwark LA	39	33	45	34	-5
St Helens LA	52	45	59	51	-1
Staffordshire LA	59	56	62	57	-2
Stockport LA	51	46	57	54	3
Stockton-on-Tees LA	63	56	69	65	2
Stoke-on-Trent LA	51	45	56	43	-8
Suffolk LA	44	40	48	46	2
Sunderland LA	45	39	50	44	-1
Surrey LA	50	47	53	58	8
Sutton LA	53	46	60	52	-1
Swindon LA	64	58	71	54	-10
Tameside LA	51	45	58	43	-8
Telford and Wrekin LA	37	30	44	37	0
Thurrock LA	45	37	52	41	-4
Torbay LA	36	28	45	42	6
Tower Hamlets LA	35	30	40	39	4
Trafford LA	60	53	66	58	-2
Wakefield LA	37	32	42	32	-5
Walsall LA	42	37	47	39	-3
Waltham Forest LA	29	23	34	35	6
Wandsworth LA	52	46	58	54	2
Warrington LA	54	47	60	56	2
Warwickshire LA	51	47	56	49	-2
West Berkshire LA	43	35	51	46	3
West Sussex LA	56	53	60	45	-11
Westminster LA	43	36	51	41	-2
Wigan LA	64	59	69	56	-8
Wiltshire LA	60	55	64	53	-7
Windsor and Maidenhead LA	50	42	57	45	-5
Wirral LA	52	47	58	46	-6
Wokingham LA	33	26	40	29	-4
Wolverhampton LA	39	33	44	30	-9
Worcestershire LA	44	40	48	36	-8
York LA	53	46	61	62	9

England	48	48	49	46	-2

Figures for 2005 are derived from the child level sample. Figures for 2007 are derived from the full child level collection, therefore confidence limits do not apply.

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National Indicator 92 - Narrowing the gap between the lowest achieving 20% in the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile and the rest

	2005	2007	% points difference
Barking and Dagenham LA	37.5	35.3	-2.2
Barnet LA	39.1	35.9	-3.2
Barnsley LA	43.8	41.7	-2.1
Bath and North East Somerset LA	35.8	30.2	-5.6
Bedfordshire LA	34.7	35.4	0.7
Bexley LA	34.4	37.5	3.1
Birmingham LA	40.9	38.7	-2.2
Blackburn with Darwen LA	45.7	39.6	-6.1
Blackpool LA	38.5	34.9	-3.6
Bolton LA	38.5	37.3	-1.2
Bournemouth LA	32.3	35.3	3.0
Bracknell Forest LA	34.4	34.8	0.4
Bradford LA	40.9	43.7	2.8
Brent LA	37	39.5	2.5
Brighton and Hove LA	34.4	35	0.6
Bristol LA	38.9	37.8	-1.1
Bromley LA	33.3	35	1.7
Buckinghamshire LA	34.7	34.3	-0.4
Bury LA	36.9	35.3	-1.6
Calderdale LA	35.1	35.9	0.8
Cambridgeshire LA	30.6	31	0.4
Camden LA	45.9	38.9	-7.0
Cheshire LA	35.7	33.6	-2.1
City of London LA	35	26.3	-8.7
Cornwall LA	35.1	33.6	-1.5
Coventry LA	36.7	38.4	1.7
Croydon LA	39.4	35.5	-3.9
Cumbria LA	35.8	35	-0.8
Darlington LA	42	37.7	-4.3
Derby LA	37.5	35	-2.5
Derbyshire LA	35.4	36.3	0.9
Devon LA	34.7	35.9	1.2
Doncaster LA	33.7	31.7	-2.0
Dorset LA	33	32.9	-0.1
Dudley LA	38.6	40.8	2.2
Durham LA	42.5	41.3	-1.2
Ealing LA	45.6	41.9	-3.7
East Riding of Yorkshire LA	36.2	32.5	-3.7
East Sussex LA	34	32.2	-1.8
Enfield LA	43.8	42.6	-1.2
Essex LA	38.5	37.9	-0.6
Gateshead LA	35.4	35	-0.4
Gloucestershire LA	33.7	33.5	-0.2
Greenwich LA	44.3	37.6	-6.7
Hackney LA	41.6	41.9	0.3
Halton LA	37.6	33.8	-3.8
Hammersmith and Fulham LA	37.6	37.5	-0.1
Hampshire LA	34.4	34.1	-0.3
Haringey LA	41.6	38.9	-2.7
Harrow LA	37.5	38.9	1.4
Hartlepool LA	45.8	45.7	-0.1
Havering LA	31.3	30.9	-0.4
Herefordshire LA	38.5	35.5	-3.0
Hertfordshire LA	34.4	34.5	0.1
Hillingdon LA	38.2	37.8	-0.4
Hounslow LA	41.4	38.9	-2.5
Isle of Wight LA	29.5	27	-2.5
Isles of Scilly LA	25.3	28.4	3.1
Islington LA	40.9	39.6	-1.3
Kensington and Chelsea LA	37.5	32.9	-4.6
Kent LA	35.2	33	-2.2
Kingston upon Hull LA	45	42.8	-2.2
Kingston upon Thames LA	33	34.2	1.2
Kirklees LA	37.8	36.6	-1.2
Knowsley LA	30.1	33.5	3.4
Lambeth LA	38.7	41.9	3.2
Lancashire LA	34.4	34.2	-0.2
Leeds LA	39.6	38	-1.6
Leicester LA	41.8	40.6	-1.2
Leicestershire LA	38.5	33	-5.5
Lewisham LA	42.4	40.6	-1.8
Lincolnshire LA	33.7	34.8	1.1
Liverpool LA	37.9	38.2	0.3
Luton LA	42.4	39.8	-2.6
Manchester LA	41.6	36.4	-5.2
Medway LA	39.8	36.7	-3.1
Merton LA	34	33.9	-0.1
Middlesbrough LA	46.8	42.3	-4.5
Milton Keynes LA	36.6	37.7	1.1
Newcastle upon Tyne LA	42.9	42.5	-0.4
Newham LA	41.9	39.4	-2.5
Norfolk LA	34.7	34.3	-0.4
North East Lincolnshire LA	33.3	35.1	1.8
North Lincolnshire LA	37.4	36.7	-0.7
North Somerset LA	33.7	33.6	-0.1
North Tyneside LA	27.9	31	3.1
North Yorkshire LA	34.7	35.3	0.6
Northamptonshire LA	34.8	34.3	-0.5
Northumberland LA	31.6	31.1	-0.5
Nottingham LA	44.3	41.6	-2.7
Nottinghamshire LA	56.5	35.7	-20.8
Oldham LA	39.1	38.9	-0.2
Oxfordshire LA	38.3	37.3	-1.0
Peterborough LA	36.1	35.9	-0.2
Plymouth LA	34.4	32.9	-1.5
Poole LA	33.3	30.7	-2.6
Portsmouth LA	35.1	34.1	-1.0
Reading LA	43.2	38.3	-4.9
Redbridge LA	43.2	38.5	-4.7
Redcar and Cleveland LA	39.3	40	0.7
Richmond upon Thames LA	24.5	28.2	3.7
Rochdale LA	38.6	37.5	-1.1
Rotherham LA	42.2	46.3	4.1
Rutland LA	33.3	28.2	-5.1
Salford LA	36.2	34.9	-1.3
Sandwell LA	43.3	38.9	-4.4
Sefton LA	31.9	32.1	0.2
Sheffield LA	41.1	38.5	-2.6
Shropshire LA	36.8	37.1	0.3
Slough LA	47.4	39.8	-7.6
Solihull LA	30.6	31.2	0.6
Somerset LA	35.2	34	-1.2
South Gloucestershire LA	31.2	32.5	1.3
South Tyneside LA	33.3	37	3.7
Southampton LA	36.5	37.3	0.8
Southend on Sea LA	34	35	1.0
Southwark LA	40	38.6	-1.4
St Helens LA	36.3	32.6	-3.7
Staffordshire LA	32.3	32.2	-0.1
Stockport LA	34	33.4	-0.6
Stockton-on-Tees LA	31.3	35.6	4.3
Stoke-on-Trent LA	38.5	40.6	2.1
Suffolk LA	39.8	37.3	-2.5
Sunderland LA	36	40.6	4.6
Surrey LA	34	32.1	-1.9
Sutton LA	34	35.4	1.4
Swindon LA	33.7	34.1	0.4
Tameside LA	31.9	36.8	4.9
Telford and Wrekin LA	41.9	41.7	-0.2
Thurrock LA	40.4	33.1	-7.3
Torbay LA	40.2	31.8	-8.4
Tower Hamlets LA	45.9	40.4	-5.5
Trafford LA	34	34.2	0.2
Wakefield LA	40.7	41.1	0.4
Walsall LA	41.4	37.2	-4.2
Waltham Forest LA	45.8	40.9	-4.9
Wandsworth LA	41.1	35.5	-5.6
Warrington LA	33	32	-1.0
Warwickshire LA	33.3	33.1	-0.2
West Berkshire LA	37.5	32.8	-4.7
West Sussex LA	34.4	37.1	2.7
Westminster LA	40	36.9	-3.1
Wigan LA	33.7	34.5	0.8
Wiltshire LA	36.7	35.5	-1.2
Windsor and Maidenhead LA	34	33.4	-0.6
Wirral LA	37.9	34.3	-3.6
Wokingham LA	35.2	39.5	4.3
Wolverhampton LA	42	44.3	2.3
Worcestershire LA	34.1	37.8	3.7
York LA	36.1	32.7	-3.4

England	38.9	37.2	-1.7

The figures for 2005 were derived from the aggregate collection. Figures for 2007 are derived from the full child level collection.
The table shows the percentage gap in achievement between the lowest 20 per cent of achieving children in a local authority (mean score), and the score of the median child in the same authority expressed as a percentage of the same median score.

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National Summary

In 2008 the number of free part-time early education places taken up by three and four year olds in maintained, private, voluntary and independent providers was 1,098,090 up from 790,350 in 1997.

In 2007 46% of children achieved at least 78 points across the Foundation Stage Profile with a least 6 in each of the scales Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Communication, Language and Literacy.

The gap in Foundation Stage Profile achievement between the lowest achieving quintile of children and the median child in England fell by 1.1 percentage points from 38.3% to 37.2% between 2006 and 2007.

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