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<row _id="1"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E06000006</Area Code><Area Name>Halton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2021/22</Time period><Value>77.9</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>75.68</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>79.97</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>74.34</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>81.09</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1121.0</Count><Denominator>1439.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20210000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="2"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000011</Area Code><Area Name>Knowsley</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2021/22</Time period><Value>73.7</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>71.75</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>75.64</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>70.56</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>76.69</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1446.0</Count><Denominator>1961.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20210000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="3"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000012</Area Code><Area Name>Liverpool</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2021/22</Time period><Value>75.1</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>73.99</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>76.25</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>73.31</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>76.88</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>4195.0</Count><Denominator>5583.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20210000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="4"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000013</Area Code><Area Name>St. Helens</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2021/22</Time period><Value>76.2</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.29</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>77.93</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>73.17</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>78.9</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1600.0</Count><Denominator>2101.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20210000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="5"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000014</Area Code><Area Name>Sefton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2021/22</Time period><Value>76.4</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.84</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>77.92</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>73.9</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>78.76</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>2226.0</Count><Denominator>2913.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20210000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="6"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000015</Area Code><Area Name>Wirral</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2021/22</Time period><Value>74.9</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>73.42</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>76.31</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>72.55</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>77.1</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>2601.0</Count><Denominator>3473.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20210000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="7"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E06000006</Area Code><Area Name>Halton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>69.58</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>66.07</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>72.88</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>63.96</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>74.67</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>485.0</Count><Denominator>697.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="8"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000011</Area Code><Area Name>Knowsley</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>69.94</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>67.05</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>72.68</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>65.33</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>74.18</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>712.0</Count><Denominator>1018.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="9"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000012</Area Code><Area Name>Liverpool</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>69.88</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>68.18</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>71.53</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>67.18</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>72.45</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>2014.0</Count><Denominator>2882.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="10"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000013</Area Code><Area Name>St. Helens</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>70.65</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>67.76</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>73.38</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>66.03</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>74.87</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>710.0</Count><Denominator>1005.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="11"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000014</Area Code><Area Name>Sefton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>70.23</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>67.8</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>72.56</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>66.35</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>73.85</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>991.0</Count><Denominator>1411.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="12"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000015</Area Code><Area Name>Wirral</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>69.07</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>66.9</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>71.16</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>65.61</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>72.33</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1244.0</Count><Denominator>1801.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="13"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E47000004</Area Code><Area Name>CA-Liverpool City Region</Area Name><Area Type>Combined authorities</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>69.84</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>68.88</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>70.79</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>68.31</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>71.33</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>6156.0</Count><Denominator>8814.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="14"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E06000006</Area Code><Area Name>Halton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>83.38</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>80.44</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>85.96</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>78.58</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>87.28</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>582.0</Count><Denominator>698.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="15"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000011</Area Code><Area Name>Knowsley</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>85.48</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>83.12</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>87.56</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>81.64</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>88.63</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>830.0</Count><Denominator>971.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="16"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000012</Area Code><Area Name>Liverpool</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>81.88</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>80.38</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>83.3</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>79.47</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>84.07</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>2183.0</Count><Denominator>2666.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="17"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000013</Area Code><Area Name>St. Helens</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>83.21</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>80.74</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>85.43</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>79.2</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>86.58</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>813.0</Count><Denominator>977.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="18"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000014</Area Code><Area Name>Sefton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>82.6</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>80.52</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>84.49</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>79.25</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>85.5</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1158.0</Count><Denominator>1402.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="19"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000015</Area Code><Area Name>Wirral</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>82.91</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>81.0</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>84.67</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>79.82</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>85.61</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1339.0</Count><Denominator>1615.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="20"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E47000004</Area Code><Area Name>CA-Liverpool City Region</Area Name><Area Type>Combined authorities</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>82.9</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>82.08</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>83.7</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>81.59</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>84.14</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>6905.0</Count><Denominator>8329.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="21"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E06000006</Area Code><Area Name>Halton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>76.49</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.19</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>78.64</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>72.81</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>79.81</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1067.0</Count><Denominator>1395.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="22"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000011</Area Code><Area Name>Knowsley</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>77.53</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>75.64</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>79.31</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>74.51</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>80.28</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1542.0</Count><Denominator>1989.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="23"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000012</Area Code><Area Name>Liverpool</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>75.65</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.5</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>76.76</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>73.83</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>77.38</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>4197.0</Count><Denominator>5548.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="24"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000013</Area Code><Area Name>St. Helens</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>76.84</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.93</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>78.65</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>73.79</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>79.64</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1523.0</Count><Denominator>1982.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="25"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000014</Area Code><Area Name>Sefton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>76.4</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.79</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>77.93</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>73.83</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>78.78</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>2149.0</Count><Denominator>2813.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="26"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000015</Area Code><Area Name>Wirral</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>75.61</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.15</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>77.03</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>73.28</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>77.81</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>2583.0</Count><Denominator>3416.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="27"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E47000004</Area Code><Area Name>CA-Liverpool City Region</Area Name><Area Type>Combined authorities</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2022/23</Time period><Value>76.19</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>75.55</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>76.82</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>75.17</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>77.18</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>13061.0</Count><Denominator>17143.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20220000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="28"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E06000006</Area Code><Area Name>Halton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>70.7246</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>67.2222</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>73.9976</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>65.1178</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>75.7657</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>488.0</Count><Denominator>690.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="29"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000011</Area Code><Area Name>Knowsley</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>69.1992</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>66.2291</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>72.0184</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>64.4599</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>73.5657</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>674.0</Count><Denominator>974.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="30"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000012</Area Code><Area Name>Liverpool</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>70.6344</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>68.9219</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>72.2904</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>67.9111</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>73.2177</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1982.0</Count><Denominator>2806.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="31"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000013</Area Code><Area Name>St. Helens</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>71.9264</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>69.1088</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>74.5816</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>67.4202</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>76.0309</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>743.0</Count><Denominator>1033.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="32"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000014</Area Code><Area Name>Sefton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>68.2224</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>65.7863</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>70.5626</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>64.3446</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>71.8628</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>994.0</Count><Denominator>1457.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="33"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000015</Area Code><Area Name>Wirral</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>70.2312</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>68.0337</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>72.3391</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>66.7305</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>73.5098</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1215.0</Count><Denominator>1730.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="34"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E47000004</Area Code><Area Name>CA-Liverpool City Region</Area Name><Area Type>Combined authorities</Area Type><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>70.1496</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>69.1788</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>71.1026</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>68.6112</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>71.6437</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>6096.0</Count><Denominator>8690.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="35"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E06000006</Area Code><Area Name>Halton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>84.7154</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>81.6567</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>87.3432</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>79.7035</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>88.6657</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>521.0</Count><Denominator>615.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="36"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000011</Area Code><Area Name>Knowsley</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>82.1053</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>79.54</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>84.4119</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>77.9485</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>85.623</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>780.0</Count><Denominator>950.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="37"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000012</Area Code><Area Name>Liverpool</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>81.7164</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>80.208</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>83.1341</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>79.2978</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>83.9098</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>2190.0</Count><Denominator>2680.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="38"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000013</Area Code><Area Name>St. Helens</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>85.1519</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>82.6634</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>87.3379</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>81.0936</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>88.4629</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>757.0</Count><Denominator>889.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="39"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000014</Area Code><Area Name>Sefton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>83.5635</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>81.5663</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>85.3831</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>80.3358</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>86.3515</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1210.0</Count><Denominator>1448.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="40"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000015</Area Code><Area Name>Wirral</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>82.8729</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>80.9666</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>84.6246</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>79.7988</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>85.5639</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1350.0</Count><Denominator>1629.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="41"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E47000004</Area Code><Area Name>CA-Liverpool City Region</Area Name><Area Type>Combined authorities</Area Type><Sex>Female</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>82.9132</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>82.0837</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>83.7119</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>81.5915</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>84.1584</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>6808.0</Count><Denominator>8211.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="42"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E06000006</Area Code><Area Name>Halton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>77.318</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.9677</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>79.508</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>73.5447</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>80.6944</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1009.0</Count><Denominator>1305.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="43"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000011</Area Code><Area Name>Knowsley</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>75.5717</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>73.6021</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>77.4394</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>72.4233</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>78.4676</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1454.0</Count><Denominator>1924.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="44"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000012</Area Code><Area Name>Liverpool</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>76.0481</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.9008</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>77.159</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>74.2232</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>77.7825</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>4172.0</Count><Denominator>5486.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="45"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000013</Area Code><Area Name>St. Helens</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>78.0437</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>76.1381</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>79.8374</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>74.9911</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>80.819</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>1500.0</Count><Denominator>1922.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Similar</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="46"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000014</Area Code><Area Name>Sefton</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>75.8692</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.2797</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>77.3903</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>73.3338</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>78.2351</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>2204.0</Count><Denominator>2905.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="47"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E08000015</Area Code><Area Name>Wirral</Area Name><Area Type>UA</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>76.362</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>74.8956</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>77.7682</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>74.0239</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>78.5506</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>2565.0</Count><Denominator>3359.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
<row _id="48"><Indicator ID>93494</Indicator ID><Indicator Name>School readiness: percentage of children achieving at least the expected level in communication and language skills at the end of Reception</Indicator Name><Parent Code>E92000001</Parent Code><Parent Name>England</Parent Name><Area Code>E47000004</Area Code><Area Name>CA-Liverpool City Region</Area Name><Area Type>Combined authorities</Area Type><Sex>Persons</Sex><Age>5 yrs</Age><Category Type xsi:nil="true" /><Category xsi:nil="true" /><Time period>2023/24</Time period><Value>76.3505</Value><Lower CI 95.0 limit>75.7039</Lower CI 95.0 limit><Upper CI 95.0 limit>76.9851</Upper CI 95.0 limit><Lower CI 99.8 limit>75.3257</Lower CI 99.8 limit><Upper CI 99.8 limit>77.3455</Upper CI 99.8 limit><Count>12904.0</Count><Denominator>16901.0</Denominator><Value note xsi:nil="true" /><Recent Trend>Cannot be calculated</Recent Trend><Compared to England value or percentiles>Worse</Compared to England value or percentiles><Column not used>Not compared</Column not used><Time period Sortable>20230000</Time period Sortable><New data xsi:nil="true" /><Compared to goal xsi:nil="true" /><Time period range>1y</Time period range></row>
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