In May each year, children in Year 6 undertake Standards Assessment Tests in Reading, Writing and Maths, and in Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GPS). These tests are administered in all primary schools across the country in order to measure the attainment and progress of learners and to help Ofsted and parents and carers make judgements about the effectiveness of each school.

The government did not publish KS2 school level data for the 2021 to 2022 academic year. They have archived data from the 2018 to 2019 academic year because they recognise that the data from that year may no longer reflect current performance. (DfE website guidance)

Below are St Mary’s results for tests undertaken in May 2023. Please note that the SATs for both 2020 and 2021 were cancelled as a result of the Covid pandemic.

School performance data for the 2022/23 academic year should be used with caution given the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected individual schools and pupils differently.

School performance data should be considered alongside a range of other information about the school, which could include looking at school websites, reading Ofsted reports, and speaking to the school directly. Conclusions should not be drawn on a single piece of data alone.

Progress and Attainment at Key Stage 2

Differentiation between pupils’ attainment has been created using a ‘scaled score’measure by converting from raw scores in the SATsto a score between 80 and 120, with a score of 100 being the average for the year group.

Children who achieve a score of 100 or more are working ‘At the Expected Standard’ -with children achieving a scaled score of 110 or more considered to be ‘Working at Greater Depth’-and children who score 99 or less being ‘Not at Expected Standard’.

The DfE has published a document explaining the system in more detail which can be found via the link below:

Information for parents – national curriculum KS1 and KS2 tests

To see how the results of St Mary’s compare to those of other schools in the UK, please click the link to visit theDfE school performance website

https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/102139/st-mary’s-cofe-primary-school/primary