Academic year 2021/22

Key stage 1 and phonics screening check attainment

Phonics screening check and key stage 1 attainment of pupils in England at national and LA level. This release includes pupil characteristic breakdowns.

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• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 6 October 2022
• Last updated: 11 August 2023

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• Attainment in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2 by pupil characteristics (2022)

  Attainment in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2 by pupil characteristics (2022)

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• Attainment in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2 by school phase and religious character (2022)

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• Attainment in key stage 1 teacher assessments by school phase, cohort size and religious character (2022)

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• Attainment in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2 by region and local authority (2022)

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• Attainment in key stage 1 teacher assessments by pupil characteristics (2022)

  Attainment in key stage 1 teacher assessments by pupil characteristics (2022)

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• Attainment in key stage 1 teacher assessments by region and local authority (2022)

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• Attainment in key stage 1 teacher assessments by subject (2022)

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• Attainment in the phonics screening check in year 1 by school type (2022)

  Attainment in the phonics screening check in year 1 by school type (2022)

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• Attainment in the phonics screening check in year 1 by region and local authority (2012 to 2022)

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• Attainment in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2 by school type (2022)

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• Attainment in the phonics screening check in year 1 by school phase and religious character (2022)

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• Attainment in key stage 1 teacher assessments by school type (2022)

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• Attainment in the phonics screening check in year 1 by pupil characteristics (2022)

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• Key stage 1 attainment by pupil characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in key stage 1 assessments in England, broken down by pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 2,130
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading TA
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in writing TA
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 1 attainment by school characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in key stage 1 assessments in England, broken down by school characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 351
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading TA
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in writing TA
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • School characteristics
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 1 attainment by region and local authority

  Local authority, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in key stage 1 assessments in England, broken down by region and local authority.

  • Number of rows: 42,791
  • Indicators:
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading TA
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in writing TA
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in maths TA
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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• Phonics screening check attainment in year 1 by pupil characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in the phonics screening check in year 1 in England, broken down by pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 3,351
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check in year 1
    • Percentage of pupils absent in the phonics screening check in year 1
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2011/12 to 2021/22

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• Phonics screening check attainment in year 1 by region and local authority

  Local authority, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in the phonics screening check in year 1 in England, broken down by region and local authority.

  • Number of rows: 81,571
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check in year 1
    • Percentage of pupils working towards the expected standard in the phonics screening check in year 1
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2011/12 to 2021/22

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• Phonics screening check attainment by the end of year 2 by region and local authority

  Local authority, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2 in England, broken down by region and local authority.

  • Number of rows: 42,779
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
    • Percentage of pupils working towards the expected standard in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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• Phonics screening check attainment by the end of year 2 by pupil characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2 in England, broken down by pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 2,130
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
    • Percentage of pupils working towards the expected standard in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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• Phonics screening check mark distribution

  National

  This file contains data on the mark distributions in the phonics screening check.

  • Number of rows: 126
  • Indicators:
    • Number of year 1 pupils achieving each phonic mark
    • Cumulative percentage of year 1 pupils achieving each phonic mark
    • Average mean phonics mark
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Phonic marks
  • Time period: 2021/22

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• Phonics screening check attainment in year 1 and by the end of year 2 by school characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in the phonics screening check in year 1 and by the end of year 2 in England, broken down by school characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 271
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools in year 1 phonics
    • Number of schools in year 2 phonics
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check in year 1
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • School characteristics
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2011/12 to 2021/22

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• Phonics screening check attainment by local authority district, based on school location

  Local authority district, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in the phonics screening check in England, broken down by region and local authority district, based on school location.

  • Number of rows: 2,886
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check in year 1
    • Percentage of pupils working towards the expected standard in the phonics screening check in year 1
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2021/22

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• Key stage 1 attainment by local authority district, based on school location

  Local authority district, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in key stage 1 assessments in England, broken down by region and local authority district, based on school location.

  • Number of rows: 2,886
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading TA
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in writing TA
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2021/22

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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

These data files contain statistics covering attainment in the following assessments:

• phonics screening check
• key stage 1 reading teacher assessment
• key stage 1 writing teacher assessment
• key stage 1 maths teacher assessment
• key stage 1 science teacher assessment

The publication methodology, linked to at the bottom of the publication, should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality, as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data. 

Coverage

Data is for England only.

File formats and conventions

This dataset has been rounded to 0 decimal places. 

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