Irish children were the highest percentage of children achieving a good level of development (58.2 per cent), followed by mixed white and Asian children (57.6 per cent) and Indian pupils (56.4 per cent).
Children from Gypsy, Roma or Traveller backgrounds had the lowest scores.
Just over a third of children eligible for free school meals achieved a good level of development, compared with 55 per cent of other children.
Girls are still doing better than boys in 11 out of the 13 assessment areas. In the seven scales of personal, social and emotional development and communication, language and literacy, 25 per cent of boys were in the lowest achieving 20 per cent of pupils, compared with 15 per cent of girls.
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