Statistics published by the Department for Education and Skills show the extent to which 560,000 children met or exceeded the 13 early learning goals of the Foundation Stage curriculum.
Children were assessed on a nine-point scale, with 9 signifying that a child had achieved all the points from 1 to 8 and was working consistently beyond the level of the early learning goal.
The results, based on observations by practitioners and completed at the end of the reception year, found girls outstripped boys in all the early learning goals.
The widest gap between their achievements was in creative development, while the gap was narrowest in knowledge and understanding of the world.
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