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Academic year 2025/26 Provisional

Key stage 2 attainment

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

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• Published: 10 September 2026

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• Distribution of scaled scores

  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, 2026 (England, all Schools)

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• National level attainment at the end of key stage 2 by pupil characteristics

  National level attainment at the end of key stage 2 by disadvantage status, ethnicity and SEN status, 2026 (England, all state funded)

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• Attainment at the end of key stage 2 by region, local authority, and sex

  Attainment at the end of key stage 2 by region, local authority, sex, and subject, 2026 (England, all state funded)

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• National level attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 2 - Ethnicity by FSM

  National level attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 2 by ethnicity and FSM, 2026 (England, all state funded)

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• National level attainment at the end of key stage 2 by subject

  National level attainment at the end of key stage 2 by subject, 2016 to 2026 (England, all schools)

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• National level attainment at the end of key stage 2 by type of establishment

  National level attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 2 by type of establishment and subject, 2026 (England, all Schools)

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• 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: 89,160
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score
    • Average scaled score
    • Lower confidence interval
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • First language status
    • Free school meal status
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2025/26

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• 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: 3,612
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score
    • Average scaled score
    • Lower confidence interval
  • Filters:
    • Education phase
    • School cohort size
    • School religious character
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2025/26

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• Attainment by region and local authority

  Local authority, National, Regional

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

  • Number of rows: 44,154
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score
    • Average scaled score
    • Lower confidence interval
  • Filters:
    • Subjects
    • Young carer
    • sex
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2025/26

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• Disadvantage gap index

  National

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

  • Number of rows: 32
  • Indicators:
    • Disadvantage gap index
    • Total number of pupils
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2025/26

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• Combinations of attainment at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths 2019 to 2026

  National

  This file contains data to show the combinations of meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths by pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 8,068
  • Indicators:
    • Number all other combinations
    • Number of pupils below the requirements of the national curriculum in at least one subject
    • Number of pupils meeting the expected standard in 1 subject
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • Ethnicity minor
    • First language status
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26

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• Attainment by school type and pupil characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment 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 (combined)
  • Filters:
    • Free school meal status
    • Major ethnic group
    • Special educational needs status
  • Time period: 2025/26

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• Distribution of scaled scores

  National

  This file contains data on the distribution of scaled scores

  • Number of rows: 2,238
  • Indicators:
    • Cumulative percentage
    • Total number of eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2
  • Filters:
    • Scale scores distribution
    • Sex
    • Subjects
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26

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• Attainment by school location and pupil characteristics

  Local authority district, National, Regional

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

  • Number of rows: 56,886
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score
    • Average scaled score
    • Lower confidence interval
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • Free school meal status
    • Subjects
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26

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• Attainment by pupil residency and pupil characteristics

  Local authority district, National, Regional

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

  • Number of rows: 56,706
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score
    • Average scaled score
    • Lower confidence interval
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • Free school meal status
    • Subjects
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26

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• Attainment by parliamentary constituency

  National, Parliamentary constituency

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

  • Number of rows: 19,584
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score
    • Average scaled score
    • Lower confidence interval
  • Filters:
    • Subjects
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26

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• Attainment by region, local authority and pupil characteristics

  Local authority, National, Regional

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

  • Number of rows: 4,600,728
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score
    • Average scaled score
    • Lower confidence interval
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • First language status
    • Free school meal status
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26

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• Attainment by region, local authority, school type and pupil characteristics

  Local authority, National, Regional

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

  • Number of rows: 807,312
  • Indicators:
    • Average progress score
    • Average scaled score
    • Lower confidence interval
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • Establishment type
    • Sex
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26

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• Academies by length of time open

  National

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

  • Number of rows: 225
  • 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:
    • Years open
    • establishment_type
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2025/26

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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 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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