Academic year 2021/22

Key stage 2 attainment

Key stage 2 attainment statistics by pupil characteristics, school characteristics, region and local authority.

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• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 6 September 2022
• Last updated: 23 December 2022

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• Progress of pupils at the end of key stage 2 by school type, school phase, cohort size and religious character (2022)

  Progress of pupils at the end of key stage 2 by school type, school phase, cohort size and religious character and subject (2022)

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• Attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 2 by school type, school phase, cohort size and religious character (2022)

  Attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 2 by school type, school phase, cohort size and religious character and subject (2022)

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• Progress of pupils at the end of key stage 2 by pupil characteristics and subject (2022)

  Progress of pupils at the end of key stage 2 by disadvantage status, ethnic major group, ethnic minor group, first language, free school meal status, month of birth, SEN primary need and SEN status (2022)

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• Attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 2 by pupil characteristics and subject (2022)

  Attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 2 by disadvantage status, ethnic major group, ethnic minor group, first language, free school meal status, month of birth, SEN primary need and SEN status (2022)

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• National level attainment at the end of key stage 2 by subject 2016-2022, (England all schools)

  National level attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 2 for the expected standard and higher standard by subject (2016-2022)

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• Distribution of scaled scores by subject, 2022

  Distribution of scaled scores by subject, including number of eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 for each scaled score and cumulative percentage (2022)

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• Key stage 2 disadvantage gap index

  National

  This file contains data on the key stage 2 disadvantage gap index in England.

  • Number of rows: 12
  • Indicators:
    • Disadvantage gap index
    • Total number of eligible disadvantaged pupils at the end of key stage 2
    • Total number of eligible non-disadvantaged pupils at the end of key stage 2
  • Filters:
    • The version of the data being presented
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 attainment by pupil characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 2,115
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in science TA
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling
  • Filters:
    • Characteristics of each group
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 attainment by region and local authority

  Local authority, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment and progress of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by region and local authority.

  • Number of rows: 3,444
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in science TA
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling
  • Filters:
    • Gender ofpupils
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 attainment by school characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by school characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 386
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in science TA
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling
  • Filters:
    • Characteristics of each group
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 distribution of scaled scores

  National

  This file contains data on scaled score distributions for key stage 2 tests in England.

  • Number of rows: 747
  • Indicators:
    • Cumulative percentage
    • Total number of eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Scaled scores distribution
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 by phonics prior attainment

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by phonics prior attainment.

  • Number of rows: 162
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in reading
    • Number of eligible pupils in reading average scaled score calculation
    • Number of eligible pupils in writing TA
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • Final phonics oucome
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2016/17 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 national school distribution

  National

  This file contains data on the number of schools achieving each percentage point for the percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (combined).

  • Number of rows: 404
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
  • Filters:
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (combined)
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 attainment by region, local authority and pupil characteristics

  Local authority, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment and progress of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by region and local authority and pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 35,999
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score for maths
    • Average progress score for reading
    • Average progress score for writing TA
  • Filters:
    • Characteristics of each group
    • Gender ofpupils
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 attainment by pupil residency and pupil characteristics

  Local authority district, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment and progress of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by pupil residency and pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 3,295
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score for maths
    • Average progress score for reading
    • Average progress score for writing TA
  • Filters:
    • Characteristics of each group
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 attainment by school location and pupil characteristics

  Local authority district, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment and progress of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by school location and pupil characteristics. This file also contains a flag showing which local authority districts are priority areas. Fenland and East Cambridgeshire and West Somerset breakdowns are available for 2022, these are priority areas which are not local authority districts.

  • Number of rows: 3,305
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score for maths
    • Average progress score for reading
    • Average progress score for writing TA
  • Filters:
    • Characteristics of each group
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 academies by length of time open attainment

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of academies, broken down by the length of time they have been open.

  • Number of rows: 97
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in reading, writing and maths
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (combined)
    • School count
  • Filters:
    • School type
    • Years open
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 academies by length of time open progress

  National

  This file contains data on the progress of academies, broken down by the length of time they have been open.

  • Number of rows: 25
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score for maths
    • Average progress score for reading
    • Average progress score for writing TA
  • Filters:
    • School type
    • Years open
  • Time period: 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 attainment by parliamentary constituency

  National, Parliamentary constituency

  This file contains data on the attainment and progress of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

  • Number of rows: 1,068
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score for maths
    • Average progress score for reading
    • Average progress score for writing TA
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 attainment by school type and pupil characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment and progress of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by school type and pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 56
  • Indicators:
    • Number of eligible pupils in reading, writing and maths
    • Number of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
    • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
  • Filters:
    • Characteristics of each group
    • School type
  • Time period: 2021/22

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• Key stage 2 national and local authority by key stage 1 prior attainment

  Local authority, National

  This file contains data on the attainment and progress of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by prior attainment in key stage 1.

  • Number of rows: 456
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score for maths
    • Average progress score for reading
    • Average progress score for writing TA
  • Filters:
    • Prior key stage 1 attainment
    • School type
  • Time period: 2021/22

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Supporting files

Supporting files provide an area for teams to supply non-standard files for download by users where required.

6 supporting data files

• Key stage 2 ready reckoners 2022: 1. Prior attainment group look up table

  A look up file to calculate a pupils’ prior attainment group for key stage 2 in 2022, from their key stage 1 outcomes in 2019.

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• Key stage 2 ready reckoners 2022: 2a. Reading progress score look up table

  A look up file to calculate a pupils’ progress score in reading for key stage 2 in 2022, using their key stage 2 outcome and prior attainment group.

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• Key stage 2 ready reckoners 2022: 2b. Writing progress score look up table

  A look up file to calculate a pupils’ progress score in writing for key stage 2 in 2022, using their key stage 2 outcome and prior attainment group.

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• Key stage 2 ready reckoners 2022: 2c. Maths progress score look up table

  A look up file to calculate a pupils’ progress score in maths for key stage 2 in 2022, using their key stage 2 outcome and prior attainment group.

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• Key stage 2 ready reckoners 2022: 3. School progress score confidence interval look up table

  A look up file to calculate the confidence intervals for a schools’ progress score in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2 in 2022, using the number of eligible pupils.

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• Key stage 2 transition matrices 2022

  Matrices showing the number of pupils with each key stage 2 outcome, by prior attainment group in 2022.

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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 key stage 2 assessments:

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

This publication provides information on assessment outcomes in state-funded primary schools.  Data is for England only.

File formats and conventions

This dataset has been rounded to 0 decimal places. 

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