Key stage 2 attainment
Key stage 2 attainment statistics by pupil characteristics, school characteristics, region and local authority.
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- Department for Education
- Published
- Last updated
Get help by contacting us
If you have a specific enquiry about Key stage 2 attainment statistics and data:
Primary Attainment Statistics
Email: Primary.Attainment@education.gov.ukContact name: Lilian Williams
Press office
If you have a media enquiry:
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Public enquiries
If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:
Phone: 0370 000 2288
Opening times
Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)
Accredited official statistics
These accredited official statistics have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (opens in new tab) (OSR). They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab). Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (opens in new tab).
Accreditation signifies their compliance with the authority's Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) which broadly means these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).
Pre-release access list
Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
| Secretary of State for Education |
| Permanent Secretary |
| Minister of State |
| Director General, Schools Group |
| Director General, Strategy Group |
| Special Advisor x5 |
| SEO, Private Secretary to Tony Foot |
| Private Secretary, Permanent Secretary's office |
| HEO, PS to Minister McKinnell |
| G6, Media Officer |
| HEO, Media Officer , Communications Group |
| G7, News and social media |
| CEO, Standards and Testing Agency (STA) |
| DD, Assessment Research and Development (STA) |
| DD, KS2 assessments, STA |
| G6, Head of English |
| Grade 7, English Curriculum Policy Lead, HEALD |
| HEO, Policy Advisor English Curriculum |
| HEO, Pre-16 Maths Curriculum Policy Team |
| G6, English, Maths, Music and Arts Division |
| G7, Maths Policy team, English, Maths, Music and Arts Division |
| SEO, Policy Advisor, English, Maths, Music and Arts Division |
| G7, Disadvantage and Disparities analysis (SAFAD) |
| HEO, Science and Design Technology Curriculum |
| Senior Manager, Regulation of National Assessments, Ofqual |
| Director of Policy and Strategic Relationships, Ofqual |
| Deputy Chief Regulator of Ofqual |
| Chair of Ofqual |
| Executive Director General Qualifications |
| Senior Manager, national assessment regulation, Ofqual |
| DD, Head of Schools and Pupils Analysis Division |
| G6, Accountabillity policy |
| G7, Accountabillity policy |
| G7, Strategic Attainment |
| SEO, Strategic Attainment |
| SEO, Strategic Attainment |
| G6, Head of Policy and Stateholder Engagement, STA |
| DD, Disadvantage Policy Unit |
| G6, School Strategy Unit |
| Grade 6, Regions group |
| G6, Schools and funding analysis |