School Performance
Please note that the government will not publish KS2 school-level data for 2021 to 2022 academic year. They have archived data from 2018 to 2019 academic year because they recognise that the data from that year may no longer reflect current performance.
School Results from 2023
This information compares the attainment of our pupils with local authority and national averages.
“We are delighted with the excellent results across the school putting us in the top 250 schools in the country. The results are a tribute to the hard work from all the children and the staff.”
Early Years Foundation Stage
A Good Level of Development (GLD) is defined as children working at or exceeding the expected standard in the key areas of literacy, maths, physical development, communication and language and personal, social and emotional development.
SMSP | Local Authority Average | National Average | |
GLD | 85% | 67% | 67% |
Year 1 Phonics screening Check
SMSP | Local Authority Average | National Average | |
Expected Standard | 88% | 87% | 81% |
Key Stage 1 Results
At the end of KS1 (Yr2), teachers are required to assess each child in the areas of reading, writing, maths and science. National Curriculum assessment tests are used to support teachers’ judgements. The current measures are as follows:
Expected Standard – Working at the expected standard for a child at the end of Year 2
Greater Depth – Working at greater depth within the expected standard, with a strong understanding of the curriculum.
SMSP | Local Authority Average | National Average | |
Reading – Expected Standard | 82% | – | 69% |
Reading – Greater Depth | 39% | – | 19% |
Writing – Expected Standard | 79% | – | 61% |
Writing – Greater Depth | 20% | – | 8% |
Maths – Expected Standard | 87% | – | 72% |
Maths – Greater Depth | 28% | – | 16% |
Science – Expected Standard | 91% | – | 79% |
Reading, Writing and Maths combined – Expected Standard | 78% | 66% | 56% |
Reading, Writing and Maths combined – Greater Depth | 18% | – | 6% |
Key Stage 2 Results
Children in Year 6 are assessed on their knowledge and understanding of the curriculum. The curriculum introduced in 2014 provides greater challenge with higher expectations set for the end of KS2.
Year 6 pupils are assessed in reading, writing, grammar, punctuation and spelling and maths.
Children are awarded one of the following Teacher Assessment judgements in writing:
Expected Standard – Working at the expected standard for their age
Greater Depth – Working at greater depth within the expected standard and has a strong understanding of the curriculum.
SMSP | Local Authority Average | National Average | |
Reading – Expected Standard | 92% | – | 73% |
Reading – High Standard | 51% | – | 29% |
Reading – Average Scaled Score | 110.2 | – | 105.0 |
Writing* – Expected Standard | 91% | – | 71% |
Writing* – Greater Depth | 48% | – | 13% |
Spelling, punctuation and Grammar – Expected Standard | 92% | – | 72% |
Spelling, punctuation and Grammar – High Standard | 51% | – | – |
Spelling, punctuation and Grammar – Average Scaled Score | 109.6 | – | – |
Maths – Expected Standard | 91% | – | 71% |
Maths – High Standard | 49% | – | 24% |
Maths – Average Scaled Score | 109.9 | – | – |
Science* – Expected Standard | 87% | – | 80% |
Reading, Writing and Maths combined – Expected Standard | 86% | 73% | 59% |
Reading, Writing and Maths combined – Greater depth/higher standard | 27% | – | – |
Progress measures: Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2 (2023)
Progress is measured by comparing a pupils’ end of Key Stage 1 SATs results to those they achieved at the end of Key Stage 2. The national measure for expected progress is ‘0’. Anything below this is below national standards and scores above 0 demonstrate greater than expected progress.
SMSP | Richmond | National Average | |
Reading | 2.3 | 1.1 | N/A |
Writing | 4.4 | 0.6 | N/A |
Maths | 3.5 | 1.2 | N/A |
The table below shows the distribution of schools’ progress scores by subject (SMSP)
Percentile | Reading | Writing | Maths |
Top 5% | 4.1 and above | 3.3 and above | 3.9 and above |
Next 20% | 1.7 to 4.0 | 1.5 to 3.2 | 1.6 to 3.8 |
Next 15% | 0.7 to 1.6 | 0.7 to 1.4 | 0.6 to 1.5 |
Middle 20% | -0.4 to 0.6 | -0.3 to 0.6 | -0.5 to 0.5 |
Next 15% | -1.4 to -0.5 | -1.1 to -0.4 | -1.5 to -0.6 |
Next 20% | -3.6 to -1.5 | -3.4 to -1.2 | -3.9 to -1.6 |
Bottom 5% | -3.7 and below | -3.5 and below | -4.0 and below |
“We are delighted with our progress scores. They continue to demonstrate greater than expected progress. We are particularly proud of the progress children have made in their writing.”
SMSP Primary School 2023 Results (unvalidated) | |||||||||
Key Stage | Measure | School 2019 | School 2022 | School 2023 | National 2023 | Richmond 2023 | |||
EYFS | Good Level of Development | 84% | 79% | 85% | 67% | 76% | |||
Phonics | Y1 Expected Standard | 92% | 88% | 88% | 81% | 87% | |||
KS1 | RWM Expected + | 77% | 67% | 78% | 56% | 66% | |||
RWM Greater Depth | 32% | 20% | 18% | 6% | |||||
Reading Expected + | 84% | 80% | 82% | 69% | |||||
Reading Greater Depth | 49% | 43% | 39% | 19% | |||||
Writing Expected + | 79% | 77% | 79% | 61% | |||||
Writing Greater Depth | 39% | 22% | 20% | 8% | |||||
Maths Expected + | 85% | 78% | 87% | 72% | |||||
Maths Greater Depth | 51% | 29% | 28% | 16% | |||||
Science Expected + | 92% | 93% | 91% | ||||||
KS2 | RWM Expected + | 84% | 80% | 86% | 59% | 73% | |||
RWM Greater Depth | 25% | 26% | 27% | ||||||
Reading Expected + | 95% | 91% | 92% | 73% | |||||
Reading Greater Depth | 46% | 43% | 51% | 29% | |||||
Reading Average Scaled Score | 108.7 | 108.5 | 110.2 | 105.0 | |||||
Writing Expected + | 87% | 86% | 91% | 71% | |||||
Writing Greater Depth | 32% | 47% | 48% | 13% | |||||
GPS Expected + | 95% | 93% | 92% | 72% | |||||
GPS Greater Depth | 53% | 52% | 51% | ||||||
GPS Average Scaled Score | 109.8 | 109.8 | 109.6 | 105.0 | |||||
Maths Expected + | 95% | 97% | 91% | 73% | |||||
Maths Greater Depth | 55% | 52% | 49% | 24% | |||||
Maths Average Scaled Score | 109.6 | 109.6 | 109.9 | 104.0 | |||||
Science Expected + | 90% | 91% | 87% | 80% | |||||
Progress from KS1 to KS2 | Reading | Writing | Maths | ||||||
School 2019 | 2.7 above average | 1.1 average | 3.0 above average | ||||||
School 2022 | 2.1 above average | 3.7 well above average | 3.1 well above average | ||||||
School 2023 | 2.3 above average | 4.4 well above average | 3.5 Well above average | ||||||
Richmond 2023 | 1.8 average | 1.3 average | 1.7 average |
*Gaps are where data has yet to be published.