KS2 2019 – Getting Your Results
The 2019 SATs are complete and now the wait begins to see how your pupils have done… How long do you need to wait? Not long at all as test results for 2019 will be available at 7:30am on Tuesday…
Key Stage 1 and Phonics Results – 2018
The Department for Education (DfE) published statistics in September 2018 detailing pupil attainment in the phonics screening check and key stage 1 national curriculum teacher assessments (TA). Attainment in teacher assessments were broadly similar to that seen in 2017. Due…
Early Years Foundation Stage Results – 2018
The Department for Education (DfE) published their Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statistics in October 2018. Nationally results for 2018 were positive and demonstrated steady improvement again on the previous year. As demonstrated above results in all three key measures…
Ofsted Inspection Framework – An Update
Following a four-month consultation Ofsted published their new education inspection framework and handbooks on Tuesday 14th May 2019. The new education inspection framework (EIF) will come into effect from September 2019, replacing the outgoing common inspection framework (CIF). So, what…
Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) – Primary – Ofsted 2018
In December 2018 Ofsted announced changes to their Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) for Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 as well as phonics. Ofsted inspectors will use these reports when preparing for inspections and forming key lines of enquiry.…
Key Stage 2 Results 2017
In 2017 the key stage 2 results rose to 61% (53% - 2016) of pupils reaching the expected standard and 9% (5% - 2016) achieving the high standard in reading, writing and mathematics. In the tested areas the results all…
Key Stage 1 Results 2017
More pupils reached the expected standard in all key stage 1 subjects - reading, writing, mathematics and science - in 2017 compared to 2016. The proportion of pupils who reached the standard rose by 3 percentage points in writing and…
Phonics Results 2017
The phonics results for 2017 show more than 4 in 5 pupils (81%) met the expected standard in the phonics screening check at the end of year 1 in 2017, a 1 percentage point increase from 2016. By the end…
Inspection Data Summary Report 2017 – Primary – Initial Thoughts
Ofsted's new Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) seems to have been generally well received in schools, although some have been surprised by the absence of groups other than prior attainment and disadvantaged in nearly all the data. The schedules are…
Impact of Term of Birth at Key Stage 2 – 2017
As in previous years, older pupils performed better than summer born pupils in all subject areas at the end of KS2 as shown in the table below. The attainment gap in reading, writing and mathematics between pupils born in September…