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Children in Devon

How children here are doing, from the 2-year check to the end of primary school, set against England as a whole.

Health and early years

At a glance

MeasureDevonEngland
On track in all five areas at the 2 to 2½ year review
2024/25 higher
86.3% 81.4%
Good level of development at the end of Reception
2024/25 higher
69.7% 68.3%
Phonics check met in Year 1
2024/25 higher
82.1% 79.8%
Reception children living with obesity
2024/25 lower
9.4% 10.5%
Year 6 children living with obesity
2024/25 lower
17.9% 22.2%
MMR first dose by age 2
2024/25 higher
94.0% 88.9%
MMR two doses by age 5
2024/25 higher
91.2% 83.7%
5-year-olds with visible tooth decay
2023/24 similar
21.2% 22.4%
Babies breastfed at 6 to 8 weeks
2024/25 higher
63.0% 55.6%
Primary pupils persistently absent
2024/25 lower
11.0% 13.0%
Children in relative low-income families (under 16)
2024/25 lower
16.8% 19.8%

“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.

End of primary school

Year 6 reading, writing and maths

Devon 59%
England 63%
YearDevonEngland
2018/1964%65%
2021/2256%59%
2022/2355%60%
2023/2457%61%
2024/2559%63%
2025/2660%63%

Share of pupils in state-funded schools meeting the expected standard in all three. 2025/26 figures are provisional. There were no tests in 2019/20 or 2020/21.

Schools

Primary schools in Devon

313 schools