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National Assessments

For further information on school performance, please visit the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables
https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/120513/barrowby-church-of-england-primary-school

Early Years Foundation Stage 2026

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 
2024		 School
2025		 School
2026		 +/- LA
2026		 +/- National
2026
% Achieving GLD 82.4 82.4 82.4 +10.5 71.9 +10.1 72.3

Phonics Screening Check 2026

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. 

Results 2026

  School 2024 School 2025 School 2026 LA 2026 +/- National 2026 +/-
Year 1 81.3 88.2 88.2 80.7 +7.5 81.9 +6.3
Year 2 20 40 50 50.2 -0.2 52.8 -2.8

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 2 Results 2026 and School v National Results 2026

Key Stage 2 School Result 2024 School Result 2025 School result 2026 LA 2026 +/- National Average 2026 +/-

School Results
3 Year Average
% Expected Standard in Reading 79.4 78.8       75 +13  
% Expected Standard in Writing 85.3 93.9 91     73 +18 90
% Expected Standard in Maths 91.2 84.8 89     75 +14 88
% Expected Standard in RWM 76.5 78.8       63 +25  
% Expected Standard in GPS 82.4 87.9 89     74 +15 86
% High Attainers in Reading 50 36.4 31     31 - 39
% High Attainers in Writing 20.6 27.3 40     13 +27 29
% High Attainers in Maths 41.2 30.3 37     27 +10 36
% High Attainers in RWM 17.6 12.1 20     9 +11 17
% High Attainers in GPS 44.1 30.3 43     30 +13 39
Averaged Scale Score in Reading 105.9 105.9            
Average Scale Score in Maths 107.5 106.4            
Average Scaled Score in GPS 107.5 107.5            
Key Below LA/National Average Similar to LA/National Average Significantly Above LA/National Average