Attainment

The Government announced that it will not publish any school or college level educational performance data based on tests, assessments or exams for 2020 and 2021. .

How do we measure our success?

Primary school progress measures

In 2016 the government introduced new tests to reflect the new curriculum launched in 2014.

Test results are no longer reported as levels. Scaled scores are used instead to help calculate the new progress measures for school.

What has changed?

The way the government measures primary school performance at the end of KS2 has changed. Instead of measuring progress for individual pupils, they look at progress at a school level. Progress measures provide you, the parent, with information to help you understand how the school is performing and to inform school choices.

In order to calculate the school level progress measures, pupils’ results at KS2 are compared to the achievements of other pupils across the country who had a similar starting point, their ‘prior attainment’. Prior attainment is based on teacher assessment judgements at KS1 in reading, writing and maths.

There are 2 main advantages to the new progress measures:

They are fairer to schools because we can compare pupils with similar starting points to each other
They recognise the progress schools make with all their pupils, highlighting the best schools whose pupils go furthest, whatever their starting point.

What progress measures mean

Most schools will have progress scores between -5 and +5.

If a school has a progress score of 0, this means that on average their pupils achieved similar results at the end of KS2 to pupils in other schools with similar results at the end of KS1.

For example: a score of +3 in reading would mean that on average pupils at the school got 3 scaled score points more in the KS2 English reading test, compared to other pupils nationally with similar results at the end of KS1.

A negative score doesn’t mean a school has failed or pupils have made no progress. It just means that on average their pupils have made less progress than pupils in other schools with similar results at the end of KS1.

For example: a score of -4 in maths would mean that on average pupils at the school got 4 scaled points fewer in the KS2 maths test, compared to other pupils nationally with similar results at the end of KS1.

Writing is teacher assessed against a very rigid set of expectations and our school moderated the children’s work with other schools. The bar is set exceedingly high.

Further information

More information can be found at www.gov.uk/STA

End of Key Stage Two - 2023

		%		Average Scaled Score
		Brookside	National 2023	Brookside	National	Progress KS1-KS2
Reading	Expected	59	73	101.7	105.1	-0.81 (average)
	Greater Depth	22	29
SPAG	Expected	74	72	102.1	104.9	n/a
	Greater Depth	19	30
Writing	Expected	70	71	N/A	N/A	1.93 (average)
	Greater Depth	11	13
Mathematics	Expected	56	73	tbc	tbc	-1.25 (average)
	Greater Depth	15	24
Combined (Reading, Writing AND Mathematics)	Expected	44	59	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Greater Depth	4	8

End of Key Stage Two - 2022

63% of Brookside pupils reached ‘expected standard’ in Reading, Writing AND Mathematics

59% of pupils nationally reached ‘expected standard’ in Reading, Writing AND Mathematics

		%		Average Scaled Score
		Brookside	National 2022	Brookside	National	Progress KS1-KS2
Reading	Expected	83	74		105
	Greater Depth	33	27
SPAG	Expected	70	72		105
	Greater Depth	10	36
Writing	Expected	66	69	N/A	N/A
	Greater Depth	7	18
Mathematics	Expected	70	71		104
	Greater Depth	13	27
Combined (Reading, Writing AND Mathematics)	Expected	63	59	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Greater Depth		7

End of Key Stage One - 2023

Following the introduction of the revised, more challenging Primary Curriculum, the 2019 Key Stage 1 results presented in this document reflect a move away from reporting levels. Instead, pupils now receive test results as a scaled score and teacher assessment based on the Interim Framework.

Once again, 79% of Year 1 Brookside pupils reached the pass mark in the Phonics Screening Check 2023.

		%
		Brookside	National
Reading	Expected	70	68
Reading	Greater Depth	10	19
Writing	Expected	67	60
Writing	Greater Depth	10	8
Mathematics	Expected	67	70
Mathematics	Greater Depth	13	16

End of Key Stage One - 2022

79% of Year 1 Brookside pupils reached the pass mark in the Phonics Screening Check 2022.

Compared to National results 75% 2022.

		%
		Brookside	National
Reading	Expected	68	67
Reading	Greater Depth	14
Writing	Expected	68	58
Writing	Greater Depth	7
Mathematics	Expected	64	68
Mathematics	Greater Depth	14