Governors and trustees can now access information on the attainment of pupils in the 2018 phonics screening check and KS1 teacher assessments (TA) which take place at the end of year 1 (typically aged 6) and the end of KS1 (year 2), respectively. This forms an important backdrop to individual school data and its role in school accountability.
This year’s provisional data (external link) reveals that more pupils (82%) are meeting the expected standard in phonics in year 1 – a one-percentage point increase from 2017. Attainment at the expected standard in KS1 TA is broadly similar to 2017 – a one-percentage point increase in maths (up to 76%), while attainment in reading and science remained the same. Changes made within the 2017/18 writing TA frameworks mean judgments made in 2018 (70% meeting the expected standard) are not directly comparable to those made in 2017.
The Department for Education (DfE) welcomes feedback on any aspect of the publication. Please email primary.attainment@education.gov.uk.
In Haringey KS1 outcomes at the Expected Standard and the higher Greater Depth standard are now above national averages in all subjects. Reading at the Greater Depth standard is also above London figures. All but two pupil groups performed better in Haringey than the equivalent group nationally, including Disadvantaged Pupils.