Data | Education and learning | Hampshire County Council

The EMTAS-produced data booklets on this page are divided into three sections. First are the Demographic Data Booklets, comprising a breakdown of ethnicity, EMTAS New Arrivals data, languages spoken and attendance data. The second set of booklets collate attainment data by ethnic group and the third, attainment by language (English as an Additional Language, EAL, compared with English as a First Language, EFL). The data booklets are presented by district.

Set 1: Demographic Data Booklets 2025

Set 2: Attainment Data Booklets 2025

2025 FIRST RELEASE: these data booklets include the outcomes data for Foundation Stage, Year 1 Phonics check and Key Stage 2. The 2025 Key Stage 4 data will be added when they become available.

Set 2: Attainment Data Booklets 2024

Set 3: EAL Attainment Data Booklets 2024

Further information about KS assessments during the period of disruption caused by Covid-19.

Collecting data on first language enables schools, LAs and central Government to cross-reference it with attainment data, thus enabling effective monitoring of pupils' achievement.

Good quality language data can provide schools with a better understanding of the linguistic and cultural heritages of their pupils and of the communities they serve. Collecting the information also gives a clear message to children and parents that their identity is recognised and valued within the school community.

Language Mapping: This document is an extensive language mapping reference document giving variant names of languages with mappings to the new language categories. Column D is the most helpful as you can check if the language is in a subset of the main language category.

Use the full list of languages. Try not to use ‘Other than English’ or ‘Believed to be other than English’ as it is preferable to record accurate and detailed language data.

Hampshire Ethnic Minority & Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) is aware that some schools may find it difficult to support parents to identify their ethnic background.

Hampshire Local Authority collects information on only the main ethnic background categories. DfE guidance states that young people aged 16 and over can choose their ethnic background for themselves. Children who are aged 11 - 15 should make the decision with help from their parents. For children under 11 the parent should make the decision. As all the guidelines indicate, it is important to remember that it is the choice of the individual or their family and schools should not make ascription decisions on behalf of a family even where they believe the ethnic background chosen by the family is not appropriate.

The Department for Education website provides comprehensive guidance on collecting data to LEAs, schools, parents and governors.

Individual child level data are required in the Early Years census for all funded children aged 9 months up to and including 4-year-olds. Note that ethnicity data are included in the Early Years census. Settings should record a child's ethnicity based on information provided by the parent(s)/guardians. Further information about the Early Years census.

While most parents and pupils will be willing to identify an ethnic group for themselves, some may choose not to do so for a variety of reasons. One possible reason is that they do not consider any of the codes to be a good match with their sense of their ethnic identity.

If parents cannot readily identify their child's ethnicity using the main code set used by Hampshire, it may be helpful to look at the DfE extended code set. It is important to reiterate that ascription (which ethnic code to choose) is the parent's or pupil's decision, even if school staff believe that the ethnic background chosen is not appropriate.

The DfE extended code maps the extended codes onto the main code sets used by Hampshire schools.

Our chart represents possible situations that may occur in schools in Hampshire. School staff can use this for guidance only to help parents or pupils who are unsure. It remains the parent/child's choice, even if the school does not ultimately agree with the final choice.

Who chooses the ethnic background category?

Guidance states:

for pupils under 11 the parent or those with parental responsibility determines the Ethnic Background Group
for pupils aged 11 - 15 the parent, or those with parental responsibility, and child should choose the Ethnic Background Group together
for pupils aged 16 or over the pupil should make his or her own decision.

Child	Country of origin	Parents' country of origin	Most obvious choice of ethnic background	Other possible choices
A	UK	Jamaica	Black Caribbean	No other obvious choice
B	UK	UK (white) + Trinidad	White and Black Caribbean	Black Caribbean
C	Turkey	Turkey	Any Other White Bgd	Any Other Ethnic Bgd
D	UK	Bangladesh + Pakistan	Any Other Asian Bgd	Either Pakistani OR Bangladeshi
E	Nepal	Nepal	Any Other Asian Bgd	Any Other Ethnic Bgd
F	South Africa	Portugal and S Africa (white)	Any Other White Bgd	No other obvious choice
G	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Any Other Ethnic Bgd	No other obvious choice
H	UK	Hong Kong + UK (white)	Any Other Mixed Bgd	Chinese OR White
I	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Black African	No other obvious choice
J	Italy	Italy + Libya	Any Other Mixed Bgd	Any Other White Bgd
K	Bangladesh	Bangladesh + UK (White and Asian)	Bangladeshi	Any Other White Bgd OR
L	Vietnam	China + Vietnam	Any Other Mixed Bgd	Chinese OR Any Other Ethnic Bgd
M	Libya	Libya	Any Other Ethnic Bgd	No other obvious choice
N	Hong Kong	Hong Kong + Taiwan	Chinese	No other obvious choice
O	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Any Other Asian Bgd	No other obvious choice
P	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Any Other Ethnic Bgd	No other obvious choice
Q	UK	UK (White) + White European	Any Other White Bgd	No other obvious choice
R	Thai	UK (White) + Thai	Any Other White Bgd	Any Other Ethnic Bgd
S	Korea	Korea	Any Other Ethnic Bgd	No other obvious choice

Hampshire Local Authority uses the main categories of ethnic backgrounds only. These are:

White

British
Irish
Traveller of Irish Heritage
Gypsy/Roma
Any Other White Background

Mixed

White and Black Caribbean
White and Black African
White and Asian
Any Other Mixed Background

Asian or Asian British

Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Any Other Asian Background

Black or Black British

Caribbean
African
Any Other Black Background

Chinese

Chinese

Any Other Ethnic Background

Any Other Ethnic Background

No ethnic background category to be recorded

I do not wish an ethnic background category to be recorded

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