Academic year 2022/23

Key stage 2 attainment: National headlines

Data guidance

Published 11 July 2023

Description

This file contains key stage 2 national level data on the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in: 

• reading, writing and maths
• reading test
• maths test 
• grammar, punctuation and spelling (GPS) test 
• writing teacher assessment
• science teacher assessment.

It also includes national average scaled scores for reading, maths, and grammar, punctuation and spelling (GPS).

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

This publication provides information on assessment outcomes at the end of key stage 2 for all schools. 

File formats and conventions

This dataset has been rounded to 0 decimal places. 

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

Key stage 2 national data

• Filename: ks2_national_headline_figures_2016_2023.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2022/23
• Content:

  ; This file contains national level data on the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in key stage 2 assessments in England.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
avg_gpsscore	Grammar, punctuation and spelling test
avg_matscore	Maths test
avg_readscore	Reading test
pt_gps_exp	Grammar, punctuation and spelling
pt_mat_exp	Maths
pt_read_exp	Reading
pt_rwm_exp	Reading, writing and maths
pt_scita_exp	Science
pt_writta_exp	Writing