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More five-year-olds in West Sussex achieved a good level of development in 2017, according to standards set by the Department for Education.

Over the last school year, 70.6 per cent of the pupils reached this standard in the early years assessment, up from 68.3 per cent in 2016. The average rate for England was 69 per cent.

The department benchmark for children with a ‘good level of development’ is to achieve the minimum expected level in five of the seven areas assessed.

These are personal, social and emotional development, physical development, communication and language, mathematics and literacy.

Reception pupils in West Sussex showing good level of development