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National Child Measurement Programme, England, 2023/24 School Year
Official statistics, National statistics, Accredited official statistics
This publication for the 2023/24 School Year is the last to be produced by NHS England.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published the annual report for the 2024/25 School Year in November 2025.
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Introduction section
Small changes have been made to the Introduction section to improve the clarity of the wording around use of growth reference data, and of population monitoring cut offs.
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Part 3: Ethnicity
In both reception and year 6, the proportion of children living with obesity was highest for Black children (13.7% and 30.4% respectively) and lowest for Chinese children (4.4% and 13.6% respectively).
The proportion of children who were underweight was highest for Asian children in both reception and year 6 (4.3% and 4.0% respectively).
Ethnic categories displayed here have been derived by combining lower level NHS ethnic categories. The lower level breakdown is available in table 4.
For more information: Table 4, National Child Measurement Programme: England, 2023/24 school year.
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