Local authorities are targeted to reduce the gap in FSP inequalities amoungst the children. Support is targeted to raise the lowest 20% of outcomes to close this gap.
For over 16,000 children the lowest 20% of results ranged from 0-73 points and the mean score for this group was 57 points.
The average FSP score across the group was 93 points and the gap between the mean average for the lowest 20% (57) and the average across the group (93) was 36 points, whcih as a percentage is 39%.
Local authorities aim to reduce this gap.