Question follow-through · 20255

Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average height was for state school pupils in (a) reception and (b) year six in each academic year since 2005-06; what the average height was for state school pupils in each ethnic group i

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 16 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 18 Dec 2024
Answer: 20 Dec 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average height was for state school pupils in (a) reception and (b) year six in each academic year since 2005-06; what the average height was for state school pupils in each ethnic group i
18 Dec 2024
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20 Dec 2024
Answer published
The height of state school pupils in Reception and Year 6 is measured in the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). The following table shows the average height in centimetres of boys and girls aged five and 11 years old, in the academic years from ...

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