Official Statistics

NCMP Local Authority Profile: participation data update, March 2017

Updated 7 March 2017

The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) Local Authority Profile online data tool has been updated to include participation data for the academic year 2015 to 2016.

This update shows:

  • total participation rates in state run schools are the highest they have ever been (94.9%)
  • participation rates in Reception children increased from 95.5% the previous year to 95.6%
  • participation rates in children in Year 6 remained the same at 94.0%

Participation data is provided for 3 indicators in the data tool:

  • participation rate: total (Reception and Year 6 combined)
  • participation rate: Reception
  • participation rate: Year 6