Academic year 2022/23

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: 12 October 2023
• Last updated: 28 November 2024

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• Attainment in key stage 1 teacher assessments by pupil characteristics, 2023 (England, state-funded schools)

  Attainment in key stage 1 teacher assessments by gender, ethnicity, FSM status, disadvantage status, first language, month of birth, SEN status and SEN primary need (2023)

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• Key stage 1 attainment data by local authority, 2023 (state-funded schools)

  Key stage 1 attainment data by gender, subjects, region and LA, 2023 (state-funded schools)

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• Key stage 1 attainment data by school characteristics, 2023 (state-funded mainstream)

  Key stage 1 attainment data by school phase, cohort size and religious character, 2023 (state-funded mainstream)

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• Key stage 1 attainment data by type of school, 2023

  Key stage 1 attainment data by type of school in 2023, including state funded mainstream schools, sponsored academies, converter academies, free schools and LA maintained schools.

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• Phonics screening check attainment by region and local authority, 2012 - 2023

  Attainment of pupils meeting the expected standard of phonic decoding by region and local authority, 2012 to 2023 (England, state-funded schools)

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• Attainment of pupils meeting the expected standard in phonic decoding by school characteristics, 2023

  Phonics screening check attainment of year 1 pupils by school phase and school religious character in England for 2022/23 (state-funded mainstream schools)

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• Attainment of year 1 pupils meeting the expected standard of phonic decoding by pupil characteristics, 2023 (England, state-funded schools)

  Attainment of year 1 pupils meeting the expected standard of phonic decoding by ethnicity, FSM status, first language, month of birth, SEN status, disadvantage status and SEN primary need, 2023 (England, state-funded schools)

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• Attainment of year 1 pupils meeting the expected standard of phonic decoding by school type, 2023 (England)

  Attainment of year 1 pupils in 2023 meeting the expected standard of phonic decoding by Alternative provision Mainstream academies and free schools Mainstream converter academies Mainstream free schools Mainstream LA maintained schools Mainstream sponsored academies State-funded mainstream schools State-funded schools State-funded schools and alternative provision State-funded special schools

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• Attainment in key stage 1 teacher assessments by subject, 2023 (England, state-funded schools)

  Attainment in key stage 1 teacher assessments by gender and reading, writing, maths and science, 2023 (England, state-funded schools)

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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: 3,654
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in the phonics screening check in year 1
    • Number of pupils absent in the phonics screening check in year 1
    • Number of pupils disapplied in the phonics screening check in year 1
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2011/12 to 2022/23

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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: 337
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
    • Number of eligible pupils in the phonics screening check in year 1
    • Number of pupils absent in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • School characteristics
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2011/12 to 2022/23

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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: 95,915
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in the phonics screening check in year 1
    • Number of pupils absent in the phonics screening check in year 1
    • Number of pupils disapplied in the phonics screening check in year 1
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2011/12 to 2022/23

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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: 2,433
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in maths TA
    • Number of eligible pupils in reading TA
    • Number of eligible pupils in science TA
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2022/23

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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: 438
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in maths TA
    • Number of eligible pupils in reading TA
    • Number of eligible pupils in science TA
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • School characteristics
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2022/23

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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: 60,095
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in maths TA
    • Number of eligible pupils in reading TA
    • Number of eligible pupils in science TA
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2022/23

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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: 252
  • Indicators:
    • Average mean phonics mark
    • Cumulative percentage of year 1 pupils achieving each phonic mark
    • Number of year 1 pupils achieving each phonic mark
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Phonic marks
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2022/23

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• Phonics screening check attainment by 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: 2,433
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
    • Number of pupils absent in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
    • Number of pupils disapplied in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2022/23

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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: 60,075
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
    • Number of pupils absent in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
    • Number of pupils disapplied in the phonics screening check by the end of year 2
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Pupil characteristics
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2022/23

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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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