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National Assessments

Early Years Foundation Stage 2023

On entry to our school (EYFS), children enter broadly in line with national age related expectations; pupils transfer to Key Stage 1 above or within ELGs (Early Learning Goals) . The Foundation Stage Profile shows that overall children make rapid progress from entry to the school to the end of the Foundation Stage year. 

EYFSP School 
2019		 School
2022		 School
2023		 +/- LA
2023		 +/- National
2023
% Achieving GLD 75.8 77.4 73.5 +6 67.5 +6.3 67.2
Average Point Score 36.8 33.2          

EYFSP – Key Stage 1 Progress

  School 2019 LA 2019 +/-
Reading 1.96 0 +1.96
Writing 2.24 0 +2.24
Maths 2.38 0 +2.34

Phonics Screening Check 2023

At the end of Year 1, the children undertake the Phonics Screener Check. The check is designed to confirm whether children have learnt phonic decoding to an appropriate standard. It will identify children who need extra help to improve their decoding skills. The check consists of one list of 40 words, comprising 20 real words and 20 pseudo-words. Words in the test use phonemes taught in Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5. This is the third year of the Year 1, Phonics Screener.

Results 2023

  School 2019 School 2022 School 2023 LA 2023 +/- National 2023 +/-
Year 1 70.6 91.2 85.7 77.1 +8.6 78 +7.7
Year 2 100 50 75 58.4 +16.6 58.7 +16.3

Children who do not reach the expected level receive additional phonics support to ensure they are secure at Phase 5, this is done through differentiated phonic groups and strategic interventions. They retake the screener at the end of Year 2.

In Year 2, children begin Phase Six: children should know most of the common grapheme–phoneme correspondences (GPCs). They should be able to read hundreds of words, doing this in three ways:

  • reading the words automatically if they are very familiar;
  • decoding them quickly and silently because their sounding and blending routine is now well established;
  • decoding them aloud.

Children’s spelling should be phonemically accurate, although it may still be a little unconventional at times. 

Key Stage 1 Results 2023 and School v National Average 2023

Key Stage 1 School Result 2019 School Result 2022 School Result 2023 LA 2023 +/- National 2023 +/- School Results
3 Year Average
% Expected Standard in Reading 94.1 79.4 85.7 65.7 +20 68.3 +17.4 86.4
% Expected Standard in Writing 94.1 82.4 88.6 56.5 +32.1 60.1 +28.5 88.3
% Expected Standard in Maths 94.1 79.4 82.9 68 +14.9 70.4 +12.5 85.4
% Expected Standard in RWM 94.1 76.5 82.9 52.5 +30.4 56 +26.9 84.5
% Greater Depth Standard in Reading 41.2 38.2 28.6 16 +12.6 18.8 +9.6 36
% Greater Depth Standard in Writing 29.4 29.4 22.9 6.6 +16.3 8.2 +14.7 27.2
% Greater Depth Standard in Maths 26.5 23.5 20 14.5 +5.5 16.3 +3.7 23.3
% Greater Depth Standard in RWM 17.6 17.6 8.6 4.7 +3.9 6.2 +2.4 14.6
Key Below National Average Above National Average Significantly Above National Average

Key Stage 2 Results 2023 and School v National Results 2023

Key Stage 2 School Result 2019 School Result 2022 School result 2023 LA 2023 +/- National Average 2023 +/-

School Results
3 Year Average
% Expected Standard in Reading 67.6 76.5 91.4 69.5 +21.9 72.6 +18.8 78.5
% Expected Standard in Writing 88.2 76.5 85.7 69 +16.7 71.5 +14.2 83.4
% Expected Standard in Maths 76.5 85.3 91.4 69.1 +22.3 73 +18.4 84.4
% Expected Standard in RWM 61.8 64.7 85.7 55.2 +30.5 59.4 +26.3 70.7
% Expected Standard in GPS 85.3 85.3 88.6 69.1 +19.5 72.3 +16.3 86.4
% High Attainers in Reading 17.6 47.1 31.4 25 +6.4 29.1 +2.3 32
% High Attainers in Writing 23.5 8.8 8.6 11.8 -3.2 13.3 -4.7 13.6
% High Attainers in Maths 11.8 29.4 31.4 18.7 +12.7 24 +7.4 24.2
% High Attainers in RWM 2.9 5.9 8.6 6 +2.6 8 +0.6 5.8
% High Attainers in GPS 32.4 26.5 42.9 25.6 +17.3 30.1 +12.8 33.9
Averaged Scale Score in Reading 101.88 106.3 106.4 104.2 +2.2 105.1 +1.3 104.86
Average Scale Score in Maths 103.59 105.5 107.1 103.1 +4 104.2 +2.9 105.3
Average Scaled Score in GPS 105.9 104.7 107.2 103.9 +3.3 104.9 +2.3 105.9
Key Below National Average Above National Average Significantly Above National Average

Key Stage 1 – 2 Progress

  School 2019 School 2022 School 2023
Reading -3.69 +1.6 -1.0
Writing +0.29 -0.4 -1.1
Maths -2.34 +2.0 +1.9

A school’s progress scores for English: Reading, Writing and Mathematics are calculated as its pupils’ average progress scores. This means that school level progress scores will be presented as positive and negative numbers either side of zero.

  • A score of 0 means pupils in this school, on average, do about as well at key stage 2 as those with similar prior attainment nationally.

  • A positive score means pupils in this school on average do better at key stage 2 than those with similar prior attainment nationally.

  • A negative score means pupils in this school on average do worse at key stage 2 than those with similar prior attainment nationally. A negative score does not necessarily mean a school is below the floor.