The proportion of five-year-olds with a good level of development and who reach the expected level across all areas of the EYFS at the end of the Reception year has risen slightly, according to the latest statistics.
The Department for Education attributed this to signs of ‘gradual recovery from the disruption’ of the pandemic.
According to the annual EYFS Profile figures, which report on teacher assessments of children’s development at the end the academic year children turn five, the percentages of children with a good level of development and at the expected level across all 17 early learning goals have increased by around 2 percentage points in 2022/23.
According to the results, 67.2 per cent of children in England had a good level of development, up from 65.2 per cent in 2021/22; 65.6 per cent of children were at the expected levels across all early learning goals, up from 63.4 per cent in 2021/22.
