Academic results

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No end of key stage SATs assessments took place at the end of the academic year 2021 and 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions.

Key Stage 2 Standard Attainment Tests are taken by Year 6 pupils in May each year. Our children’s performance for each of the last three years, along with a three year average, appears below.

GPS: Grammar, punctuation and spelling

Scaled score range: 80–120
Scaled score: 100 is the national standard; over 100 is above the national standard; below 100 is below the national standard
Expected standard: a government set target (an expectation) for pupil performance
Greater depth: performing at an enhanced standard: scaled score of 110 or above

At the end of Year 1, pupils are tested on their ability to match sounds with letters. This assessment is known as the Phonics Screening Test. ‘Sounding out words’ using phonological awareness and understanding of sound-letter correspondence is a key early reading skill. Using phonology is not the only way children learn to read – they employ a range of other strategies – but being good at phonics is seen as a most important starting point. 

Pupil outcomes in the phonics screening check continue to be highly impressive. In 2019 only one pupil (a pupil with an Education Health and Care plan) failed to meet the pass mark of 32 out of a possible 40 (and not by much!). 

Commentary

Pupil performance has been consistently high since the phonics screening test was introduced. Impressive consistency continues! Teachers and support staff are doing an exceptional job. Phonics, the entry point for learning to read, is taught robustly, systematically and very proficiently.

Our 2022 and 2023 results put the school in the top 200 schools nationally for two consecutive years. This is a great achievement and our 2024 results were even better.

In 2019, the school’s early years’ assessment were moderated by an external local authority team. All assessments were judged to be accurate and the quality of practise received some very favourable comments.