Pupils are assessed against National standards four times throughout primary school:
At the end of Reception (EYFS):
A ‘Good Level of Development’ measures children’s learning in personal, social and emotional development, physical development, communication and language, mathematics and literacy.
At the end of Year 1:
The Phonics Screening checks the children’s ability to apply phonics to decode when reading – this is considered a vital skill in learning to read.
At the end of Year 2 (KS1):
The children are assessed by their teacher in Reading, Writing and Maths. Part of the assessment is a written test completed in small groups as part of normal classroom practice.
At the end of year 6 (KS2):
The children are assessed in Reading, Writing, Maths, SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) and Science. Reading, Maths and SPaG scores are determined by a formal written test.
The tables below summarise current Standards here at Alexandra at each of those assessment points, as well as progress between those assessment points, compared with National figures and similar pupils.
EYFS
% of pupils attaining a ‘Good Level of Development’ at the end of EYFS
2023
2022
2019
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
National
67%
65%
72%
Key Stage 1
% of pupils passing Year 1 phonics screening
2023
2022
2019
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
National
80%
76%
82%
% of Year 2 children attaining the expected standard in 2023
Reading
Writing
Maths
Combined
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
??%
National
68%
60%
70%
56%
% of Year 2 children attaining the expected standard in 2022
Reading
Writing
Maths
Combined
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
??%
National
67%
58%
68%
53%
% of Year 2 children attaining the expected standard in 2019
Reading
Writing
Maths
Combined
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
??%
National
75%
69%
76%
65%
Key Stage 2
% of Year 6 children attaining the expected standard in 2023
Reading
Writing
SPaG
Maths
Combined
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
??%
??%
National
73%
72%
72%
73%
60%
% of Year 6 children attaining the expected standard in 2022
Reading
Writing
SPaG
Maths
Combined
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
??%
??%
National
75%
71%
73%
73%
60%
% of Year 6 children attaining the expected standard in 2019
Reading
Writing
SPaG
Maths
Combined
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
??%
??%
National
73%
78%
78%
79%
65%
% of Year 6 children exceeding the expected standard in 2023 (110+)
Reading
Writing
SPaG
Maths
Combined
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
??%
??%
National
29%
13%
30%
24%
8%
% of Year 6 children exceeding the expected standard in 2022 (110+)
Reading
Writing
SPaG
Maths
Combined
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
??%
??%
National
28%
13%
29%
23%
7%
% of Year 6 children exceeding the expected standard in 2019 (110+)
Reading
Writing
SPaG
Maths
Combined
Alexandra
??%
??%
??%
??%
??%
National
27%
20%
36%
27%
11%
Average progress made KS2 in 2022 Expected progress is indicated by 0
Reading
Writing
Maths
2023 Alexandra
2.0
1.8
2.0
2022 Alexandra
0.9
2.8
-1.6
2019 Alexandra
2.83
1.24
3.63
Average scaled score KS2 in 2023 Age related expectation is indicated by a score of 100
