Achievement and attainment tables
Primary school (Key Stage 2) achievement and attainment tables 2007
Type of school
- AC
- Academy, publicly funded independent school offering free education to pupils of all abilities, established by sponsors from business, faith or voluntary groups working in partnership with central Government and local education partners.
- CY
- Community school, maintained by the local authority (LA). The LA is the admissions authority with main for responsibility for deciding arrangements for admitting pupils.
- CYS
- Community special school, maintained by the LA organised to make special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs (SEN).
- FD
- Foundation school, maintained by the LA. May have a foundation (generally religious) that appoints some, but not most, of the governing body. The governing body is the admissions authority.
- FDS
- Foundation special school, maintained by the LA, specifically organised to make special educational provision for pupils with SEN.
- VA
- Voluntary aided school, maintained by the LA, with a foundation (generally religious) that appoints most of the governing body. The governing body is the admissions authority.
- VC
- Voluntary controlled school, maintained by the LA, with a foundation (generally religious) which appoints some, but not most, of the governing body. The LA is the admissions authority.
Other information
- LA
- Local authority
- R
- The school has not confirmed that it has checked the test results.
- B
- The school has not confirmed that it has checked the background information.
- <
- The school had 10, or fewer, pupils eligible for Key Stage 2 assessment at the time of the 2007 tests. Results are not shown because of the risk of an individual pupil's results being identified; or no absence data is shown where the school has 10, or fewer, day pupils of compulsory school age on roll.
- #
- Shown for the CVA measure and coverage indicator where schools have less than 50 per cent coverage.
- N/A
- No results were published for the year in question; or contextual value added information is not applicable; or an absence return is not required (boarding schools and new schools which opened after the start of the academic year).
- NIR
- No information received : the school failed to provide test results; or the school failed to provide absence data.
- +
- Test results are unavailable for reasons beyond the school's control. Readers of the tables should contact the school for full information on estimates of the tests results that were expected to be achieved; or absence rates not published due to a missing or incorrect return.
- @
- Absence return not required.
- The percentage of sessions missed due to authorised or unauthorised absence is greater than 0 but less than 0.05 per cent of pupils.
- KS1
- Key Stage 1. Key Stage 1 tasks and tests are taken at the end of the Key Stage 1 programme of study, normally in Year 2 when children are seven years old. The tests cover reading, writing and mathematics.
- KS2
- Key Stage 2. Key Stage 2 tests are taken at the end of the Key Stage 2 programme of study normally in Year 6 when children are 11 years old. Children have to be assessed at working at level 3 or above to take the tests. The subjects covered are English, mathematics and science.
- Eligible pupils
- Number of pupils eligible for Key Stage 2 assessment in the 2006/7 school year. All pupils, including those with SEN, are eligible for assessment under the National Curriculum when they reach the end of Key Stage 2. Most will be aged 11 by the end of the school year, but some will be older or younger. This number includes all eligible pupils on the school roll at the time of the tests in May 2007 regardless of whether or not they sat the tests (some pupils may have been absent or working at the level of the tests but unable to access them).
- L4+
- Level 4 or above The percentage of eligible pupils achieving Level 4 or above in the test. Level 4 is the level expected of most 11 year olds. This percentage is based on all eligible pupils, including those who were absent at the time of the test or working at the level of the tests but unable to access them and, therefore, did not achieve a result.
- L5
- Level 5 The percentage of eligible pupils achieving Level 5 in the test. Level 5 means pupils are achieving beyond the expected level. This percentage is based on all eligible pupils, including those who were absent at the time of the test or working at the level of the tests but unable to access them and, therefore, did not achieve a result.
- A/T
- Absent or working at the level of the tests but unable to access them The percentage of eligible pupils who were absent at the time of the test or unable to access it. Each school's results are based on the achievements of all its eligible pupils, including any pupils absent or unable to access the test. The school's results may have been affected by these pupils, because they are included in the calculations but did not achieve a result. The higher the percentage shown, the more the school's results may have been affected by pupils with no results.
Absent pupils Some pupils were absent from school at the time some or all of the tests were taken in May 2006, perhaps due to illness, and did not achieve a test level
Pupils unable to access test The National Curriculum assessments have been designed to make sure that as many children as possible can be assessed. Parents can not withdraw their children from any part of the National Curriculum. However, there may be a very small number of pupils who are not able to take part in all, or some, of the assessment arrangements, even allowing for the full range of special arrangements that can be made. Usually this only happens if all, or part, of the National Curriculum is not suitable for a pupil because he or she has certain special education needs. The assessments are designed to cater for most pupils with SEN. - Average point score (APS)
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The APS provides a fuller picture of the KS2 achievements of pupils of all abilities. It allows for easier discrimination between schools with similar percentages, showing those schools whose pupils mostly fall below Level 4, or those who exceed that level. For example, a score of 30 would mean that, on average, some pupils achieved Level 4, and some achieved Level 5. For a school with 100% of pupils achieving Level 4 or above in all three subjects, a score of 30 would tell you that a proportion of pupils have achieved Level 5 in some, or all, of the tests.
The APS is calculated by allocating points to each pupils' KS2 results in each test (using the equivalences in the table below) then dividing that total by the number of eligible pupils in each subject.
For the APS calculation, the number of eligible pupils for each subject does not include those pupils that were absent at the time of the tests or working at the level of the tests but unable to access them.
See the following table for the points awarded per subject per pupil.
KS2 Test Level Point Score Equivalent Working at the level of the tests but unable to access them Disregarded from calculation Absent Disregarded from calculation Working below the level of the test 15 Not awarded a test level 15 2 15 3 21 4 27 5 33 - Year on year comparisons
- For each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the aggregate of the percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above and Level 5 in the English, mathematics and science tests. From this you can see how pupil's achievements have changed over the past four years.
- Absence (half days missed)
- Half days missed due to autorised and unauthorised absence.
- Pupils of school age
- Number of day pupils of compulsory school age (5-16).
- Overall absence
- Overall absence is the percentage of half days missed due to authorised and unauthorised absence.
- Unauthorised absence
- Unauthorised absence is absence without permission from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes all unexplained and unjustified absences.
- Pupils (all ages)
- Total number of pupils of all ages, including pupils in nursery classes, on the school roll on 19 January 2007.
- Number of pupils on roll aged 10 as at 31 August 2006
- This number should normally be the same, or nearly the same, as the number of eligible pupils. If there is a big difference you may want to ask the school's head teacher for further information.
- Number and percentage of pupils with statements of SEN or with SEN supported at School Action Plus
- Pupils of all ages on the school roll on 19 January 2007 with statements of SEN or supported at School Action Plus. Statements of SEN describe any learning difficulties that pupils have, and specify the extra help or equipment, that they need. Around 3% of school pupils nationally have statements. Pupils with SEN can also be supported at School Action Plus, but without statements. These are other pupils registered as having SEN but whose schools meet the pupils' needs without a statement. Some pupils with SEN are academically able. But schools face challenges in achieving Level 4 at KS2 for many pupils with SEN. The information on the numbers of pupils with SEN in each school helps you take this into account when looking at the school's results.
- Number and percentage of pupils with SEN supported at School Action
- Pupils of all ages with SEN supported at School Action, but without statements. These are other pupils registered as having SEN but whose schools meet the pupils' needs without a statement. Some pupils with SEN are academically able. But schools face challenges in achieving Level 4 at KS2 for many pupils with SEN. The information on the numbers of pupils with SEN in each school helps you take this into account when looking at the school's results.
- Q
- This data item is under query and will be replaced after investigation.