Leeds - Children and Young People - Attainment
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Leeds - Children and Young People - Attainment - Leeds
LeedsEducational Attainment and Attendance
This report shows the figures for children and young people who attend school in Leeds.
For information about individual school performance, use the government's School performance service
For information about individual school performance, use the government's School performance service

Children achieving a good level of development in the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) are those achieving at least the expected level within the following areas of learning: communication and language; physical development; personal, social and emotional development; literacy; and mathematics.


Pupils are meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 if they achieve a scaled score of 100 or more in their reading and maths tests, and their teacher assesses them as 'working at the expected standard' or better in writing.
For a more detailed explanation, see Scaled scores at key stage 2, Key stage 2 teacher assessment and Primary school accountability
For a more detailed explanation, see Scaled scores at key stage 2, Key stage 2 teacher assessment and Primary school accountability


This tells you the percentage of pupils who achieved grade 5 or above (a strong pass) in the 2017 reformed English and maths GCSEs. Reformed GCSEs are graded 1 (low) to 9 (high). Grade 5 in the new grading is a similar level of achievement to a high grade C or low grade B in the old grading.


Attainment 8 score measures how well pupils have performed in up to 8 qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 English Baccalaureate qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional approved qualifications.

Attendance and absence figures 2016-2017 | Leeds | England |
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Primary attendance | 96.0% | 96.0% |
Secondary attendance | 94.3% | 94.6% |
Primary persistent absence | 8.4% | 8.3% |
Secondary persistent absence | 15.0% | 13.5% |
Source: DfE and Leeds City Council
The attendance figure shows the proportion of sessions attended.
Pupils are classified as persistently absent if they miss 10% or more of possible sessions.
For more information, see Absence statistics guide
Pupils are classified as persistently absent if they miss 10% or more of possible sessions.
For more information, see Absence statistics guide

The NEET figure shows the proportion of year 12 and 13 young people who are not in education, employment or training, or whose current activity is unknown.
Child Poverty
The Children in Low-Income Families Local Measure is the proportion of children living in families either:
in receipt of out-of-work benefits or
in receipt of tax credits with a reported income which is less than 60 per cent of national median income.
In Leeds there are 29,660 children under 16 living in low income families. This is 20.3% of children in Leeds (2016).
Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.



Leeds figures for last 5 years | |||||
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2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
Number of children under 16 living in low income families | 29,805 | 29,810 | 32,805 | 28,150 | 29,660 |
% children under 16 living in low income families | 21.6 | 21.3 | 23.1 | 19.6 | 20.3 |
