Performance Measures - Our Children's Academic Achievements

The information below relates to data collected at the end of the academic year 2022-2023 and compares the attainment of our children with national averages. We are really proud of our excellent results as they reflect the hard work of all the children and the staff. 

Early Years Foundation Stage

68% of children in Reception attained a Good Level of Development against the Early Years Framework. This is above the national average of 67%.

A Good Level of Development is defined as children working at the expected standard or exceeding the expected standard in the key areas of literacy, maths, physical development, communication and language and personal, social and emotional development.

 

Year One Phonic Screening

80% of children in Year One attained the expected standard in the Phonic Screening test. This is above the national average, which is 79%. 93% of children by the end of KS1 attained the expected standard which is above the national average 89%.

Key Stage One

At the end of KS1 (Year 2), teachers are required to assess each child in the areas of reading, writing, maths. National Curriculum assessment tests are used to support teachers’ judgements. For more information please see the leaflet Information for parents KS1 from the Standards and Testing Agency.

Judgements are made 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.

We are really pleased to report that attainment in Year 2 was above the national average in reading, writing and maths.  

Year 4 Multiplication Check

Children in Year 4 are assessed on their ability to recall their times tables fluently. 

Key Stage 2

Children in Year 6 are also assessed on their knowledge and understanding of the curriculum and 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.

In addition to these measures, and in line with requirements, we have reported the percentage of children achieving a 'higher standard'.  Children with a scaled score of 110 and above are included in this group.

Year 6 children were assessed in reading, writing, grammar, punctuation and spelling, maths and science.  For further information, please see the leaflet Information for Parents KS2 from the Standards and Testing Agency.

Our results are, once again, extremely pleasing and we are working above national averages in reading and writing. 

By following the link below, you can see more detail about standards achieved by Hillcross children at the end of key stages 1 and 2 and compare them to national outcomes.

School data on the Department for Education's website 

This site gives information about:

• The school
• Our results
• Comparisons between our results and those for the Local Authority and for the whole of England
• How well we are doing at raising our children's achievement
• Our attendance rates
• How we spend our money
• Our staffing
• Our last Ofsted inspection