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KS2 and GCSE Performance

Key Stage 2 assessments are sat at the end of Y6, as pupils leave primary school.

The most recent set of published assessment results – Summer 2025 – are as follows:

  • The percentage of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

    70%
    – the national percentage was 62% and the local authority percentage was 58%

  • average progress that pupils have made in reading between KS1 and KS2
  • average progress that pupils have made in writing between KS1 and KS2
  • average progress that pupils have made in maths between KS1 and KS2

    These three measures are currently not published for schools, as KS1 assessment was impacted during the Covid-19 pandemic

  • The percentage of pupils achieving a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

    7% – the national percentage was 8% and the local authority percentage was 6%

  • The average scaled score achieved by pupils in the KS2 reading test

    105 – the national average was 106 and the local authority average was 105

  • The average scaled score achieved by pupils in the KS2 Maths test

    104 – the national average was 105 and the local authority average was 104

Fuller details and statistics can be found on the gov.uk website

GCSE examinations are sat at the end of Year 11, as pupils leave senior school.

The most recent set of published assessment results – Summer 2025 – are as follows:

  • The school’s Progress 8 score

    This measure is currently not published for schools, as KS2 assessment was impacted during the Covid-19 pandemic

  • The school’s Attainment 8 score

    44.2 – the national average was 46.1 and the local authority average was 45.4

  • The percentage of pupils who have achieved Grade 5 or above in English and Maths

    46.4% – the national average was 45.4% and the local authority average was 42.3%

  • The percentage of pupils entering for the English Baccalaureate

    14.3% – the national average was 40.5% and the local authority average was 24.4%

  • The percentage of pupils who have achieved the English Baccalaureate

    14.3% – the national average was 39.5% and the local authority average was 23.6%

  • The percentage of pupils staying in education or employment after GCSE

    90% – the national average was 92% and the local authority average was 95%

Fuller details and statistics can be found on the gov.uk website