However, while figures for children in deprived areas demonstrate an improvement, there has been no narrowing of the gap between disadvantaged children and their peers, because overall all children have done better.
The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile statistics for 2013/14 show that 60 per cent of all five-year-olds achieved a good level of development, up from 52 per cent in 2012/13 figures.
In the most deprived areas, 56 per cent of children achieved a good level of development, up from 44 per cent on last year’s figures.
But there is still a gap of 12 percentage points between children in the poorest neighbourhoods and others, which is reflected at national level with wide variations in how well children do throughout England.
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