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Attainment and Progress Data
The national curriculum is organised into blocks of years called ‘Key Stages’ (KS). At Wallington Primary Academy we have three Key Stages: Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) for Nursery and Reception; KS1 for Years 1 and 2; and KS2 for Years 3 to 6.
At the end of a key stage, the teacher will formally assess each child’s performance. In KS1 and KS2 these assessments are informally referred to as ‘SATs’. KS2 assessments take place in May and are more formal in format than in KS1. The tests are taken in Year 6 and cover the core subjects, English and mathematics.
The results of your child’s end of year key stage assessments will be sent home to parents by the end of the summer term.
From September 2023 KS1 SATs became optional in all schools. A new baseline assessment for Reception pupils was introduced in September 2021.
Achievement and Attainment Data 2024-25
Historical achievement and attainment:
The Department of Education stipulated that schools are not required to publish their assessment results from 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years as these have not been published as performance measures by the Secretary of State as SATs were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cancellation of 2019/20 national curriculum assessments:
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic the 2019/20 national curriculum assessments did not take place
This means the following assessments between April and July 2020 were cancelled:
- end of key stage 1 and key stage 2 assessments (including tests and teacher assessment)
- phonics screening check
- multiplication tables check
- science sampling tests
- all statutory trialling
Primary school performance measures will not be published for the 2019/20 academic year
EYFS/Key Stage 1 Results
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Results 2024
In 2024, 67.7% of children in England achieved a Good Level of Development (GLD) in the Early Years Foundation Stage. This means they met the expected standard in key areas of learning. Overall, 66.2% of children reached the expected level in all 17 early learning goals.
Y1 Phonics
In 2024, 80% of Year 1 pupils in the UK met the expected standard in the phonics screening check, a slight increase from 79% in 2023. To meet the standard, pupils needed to correctly read at least 32 out of 40 words.
Key Stage 1 (KS1) SATs in 2024
As of 2024, Key Stage 1 (KS1) SATs—also known as national curriculum assessments—are optional for schools in England. This means that schools can decide whether or not to administer the tests to their Year 2 pupils.
If a school chooses to conduct the KS1 assessments, the results are for internal use only and do not need to be reported to the Department for Education (DfE). However, schools may choose to share the outcomes with parents to support discussions about a child’s progress. At WPA, we use past SATs papers along with our chosen assessment system PIXL, to strenghten pupil progress and close gaps in their knowledge.
Key Stage 2 Results
National attainment data
Nationally, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in all of reading, writing and maths in 2024, up from 60% in 2023.
To reach the expected standard in all of reading, writing and maths, a pupil must achieve a scaled score of 100 or more in reading and maths tests and an outcome of ‘reaching the expected standard’ or ‘working at greater depth’ in writing TA.
In writing (Teacher Assessed TA), 72% of pupils reached the expected standard up from 71% in 2023.
To reach the expected standard in writing TA, a pupil must achieve an outcome of ‘reaching the expected standard’ or ‘working at greater depth’.
In reading, 74% of pupils met the expected standard, up from 73% in 2023.
In maths, 73% of pupils met the expected standard, unchanged since 2023.
In grammar, punctuation and spelling, 72% of pupils met the expected standard, unchanged since 2023.
To reach the expected standard in each test subject, a pupil must achieve a scaled score of 100 or more.
All percentage point differences are calculated using unrounded figures.