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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Educational attainment of children receiving care and support by measure and year
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[Collapse]Child StatusChildren in the census have been divided into three status categories for reporting, as follows - <br />Children who are looked after, who may also be on the child protection register - Children who are on the child protection register, but not looked after - Other children receiving care and support, who are neither looked after, nor on the child protection register.[Filtered]
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MeasureSome information on education has not been updated. <br />With the rollout of the new Curriculum for Wales from September 2022 onwards the collection of teacher assessments at the end of the Foundation Phase or KS2 has come to an end. <br />The collection ‘KS3 teacher assessments\’ was suspended in both 2020 and 2021 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; the data collection will resume in summer 2022. <br />Due to the cancellation of the normal examination period in both 2019/20 and 2020/21 and the ongoing disruption to schools as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic performance measures have not been calculated for both Year 11 and sixth form cohorts. <br />[Filtered]
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Percentage of children achieving the foundation phase indicatorIt is statutory to assess pupils in Year 2 at Foundation phase. In Foundation Phase, the mandatory areas of learning are “Personal and social development, well-being and cultural diversity” (PSD), “Language, literacy and communication skills” (in English (LCE) or Welsh (LCW)) and “Mathematical development” (MDT). The foundation phase indicator (FPI) represents the percentage of pupils achieving at least the expected outcome in LCE or LCW, PSD and MDT in combination. Children who were new to the English or Welsh based education system are included in the Wales total but some are excluded at Local Authority level.411739563937525239180848*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Percentage of children achieving the core subject indicator at key stage 2It is statutory to assess pupils in Year 6 at Key Stage 2. The core subject indicator represents the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level or above in English or Welsh (first language), Mathematics and Science in combination. Children who were new to the English or Welsh based education system are included in the Wales total but some are excluded at Local Authority level.482800604617885951992856*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Percentage of children achieving the core subject indicator at key stage 3It is statutory to assess pupils in Year 9 at Key Stage 3. The core subject indicator represents the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level or above in English or Welsh (first language), Mathematics and Science in combination. Children who were new to the English or Welsh based education system are included in the Wales total but some are excluded at Local Authority level.428866494558645344995447*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication37789442
Percentage of children achieving the level 1 threshold at key stage 4Includes all pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year. Level 1: a volume of qualifications at Level 1 is equivalent to the volume of 5 GCSEs at grade D-G. Children who were new to the English or Welsh based education system are included in the Wales total but some are excluded at Local Authority level.448764594647526248683658*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication840*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication906*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication963*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Percentage of children achieving the level 2 threshold at key stage 4Includes all pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year. Level 2: a volume of qualifications at Level 2 is equivalent to the volume of 5 GCSEs at grade A*-C. Children who were new to the English or Welsh based education system are included in the Wales total but some are excluded at Local Authority level.135764181647522219583623*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication840*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication906*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication963*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Percentage of children achieving the level 2 threshold including English/Welsh and Mathematics at key stage 4Includes all pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year. Level 2: a volume of qualifications at Level 2 is equivalent to the volume of 5 GCSEs at grade A*-C. Children who were new to the English or Welsh based education system are included in the Wales total but some are excluded at Local Authority level.93764121137521512383615*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication840*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication906*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication963*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Percentage of children achieving the core subject indicator at key stage 4Includes all pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year. The core subject indicator represents the percentage of pupils achieving the expected level or above in English or Welsh (first language), Mathematics and Science in combination. Children who were new to the English or Welsh based education system are included in the Wales total but some are excluded at Local Authority level.8776411997521310083612*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication840*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication906*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication963*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Average wider points score at key stage 4The average wider points score for 15 year olds includes all qualifications approved for pre-16 use in Wales. The average wider points score is calculated by dividing the total number of points achieved by pupils aged 15 by the number of pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year. Children who were new to the English or Welsh based education system are included in the Wales total but some are excluded at Local Authority level.170,102764223178,191752237198,124836237*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication840*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication906*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication963*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Average capped points score at key stage 4Includes all pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year. The capped points score is calculated using the best 8 results. Children who were new to the English or Welsh based education system are included in the Wales total but some are excluded at Local Authority level.138,414764181141,463752188156,925836188*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication840*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication906*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication963*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication

Metadata

Title

Educational attainment of children receiving care and support by measure and year

Last update

28 November 2023 28 November 2023

Next update

February 2024 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Children Receiving Care and Support Census

Contact email

stats.pss@gov.wales

Designation

Experimental statistics

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Keywords

Children; Children receiving care and support; Educational attainment

General description

Some information on education has not been updated. With the rollout of the new Curriculum for Wales from September 2022 onwards the collection of teacher assessments at the end of the Foundation Phase or KS2 has come to an end. The collection KS3 teacher assessments were suspended in both 2020 and 2021 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; the data collection will resume in summer 2022. Due to the cancellation of the normal examination period in both 2019/20 and 2020/21 and the ongoing disruption to schools as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic performance measures have not been calculated for both Year 11 and sixth form cohorts.

The Census collected individual records on all children receiving care and support, including those looked after by a local authority, who had an open case with a local authority on the 31 March that had been open for the three months from 1 January to 31 March.

For each child in the Census, the Unique Pupil Number was collected to allow anonymous matching of children in the relevant age groups with the National Pupil Database.

Only pupils attending local authority maintained schools have been included in the analysis. Children who were Educated Other Than At school (EOTAS) have been excluded, and Independent schools are not required to provide the data at pupil level.

Data collection and calculation

Anonymised individual child level data is extracted from local authority administrative systems and returned electronically to the Data Collection team within the Welsh Government using an online secure data transfer system called 'AFON'. The AFON system applies an extensive series of validation checks to ensure that the information provided uses the correct codes and is internally consistent.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data are shown at 31 March for each year.

Users, uses and context

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Statistical quality

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