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Multiplication tables check attainment

Multiplication tables check attainment by pupil characteristics, school characteristics, region and local authority.

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• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 20 November 2025

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• Attainment by school characteristics, 2025 (England, state funded mainstream schools)

  Attainment in the multiplication tables check by school phase and religious character, 2025

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• Attainment by school type, 2025 (England)

  Average attainment in the multiplication tables check by school type, 2025

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• Attainment by disadvantage status, ethnicity and SEN provision, 2025 (England, state funded schools)

  Attainment by disadvantage status, ethnicity and SEN provision, 2025

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• Cumulative distribution of scores, 2025 (England, state funded schools and alternative provision)

  Cumulative counts of pupils with a given MTC score

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• Attainment by region and local authority, 2025 (England, state funded schools)

  Attainment by region and local authority, 2025 (England, state funded schools)

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• National pupil characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in the multiplication tables check assessment in England, broken down by pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 4,494
  • Indicators:
    • Average attainment score
    • Number of eligible pupils
    • Number of eligible pupils who took the check
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • First language status
    • Free school meal status
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2024/25

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• National score distribution by pupil characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment scores of pupils in the multiplication tables check assessment in England, broken down by pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 4,494
  • Indicators:
    • Average attainment score
    • Number of eligible pupils
    • Number of eligible pupils who took the check
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • First language status
    • Free school meal status
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2024/25

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• National school characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in the multiplication tables check assessment in England, broken down by school characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 255
  • Indicators:
    • Average attainment score
    • Number of eligible pupils
    • Number of eligible pupils who took the check
  • Filters:
    • Education phase
    • School religious character
    • Sex
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2024/25

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• National score distribution by school characteristics

  National

  This file contains data on the attainment scores of pupils in the multiplication tables check assessment in England, broken down by school characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 255
  • Indicators:
    • Average attainment score
    • Number of eligible pupils
    • Number of eligible pupils who took the check
  • Filters:
    • Education phase
    • School religious character
    • Sex
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2024/25

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• National cumulative score distribution

  National

  This file contains a cumulative frequency distribution of scores in the multiplication tables check, broken down by sex.

  • Number of rows: 324
  • Indicators:
    • Cumulative frequency
    • Cumulative percentage
    • Number of pupils
  • Filters:
    • Score
    • Sex
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2024/25

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• Regional and LA by pupil characteristics

  Local authority, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in the multiplication tables check in England, broken down by region, local authority and pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 521,519
  • Indicators:
    • Average attainment score
    • Number of eligible pupils
    • Number of eligible pupils who took the check
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • First language status
    • Free school meal status
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2024/25

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  Create table

• Regional and LA score distribution by pupil characteristics

  Local authority, National, Regional

  This file contains data on the attainment scores of pupils in the multiplication tables check in England, broken down by region, local authority and pupil characteristics.

  • Number of rows: 521,519
  • Indicators:
    • Average attainment score
    • Number of eligible pupils
    • Number of eligible pupils who took the check
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantage status
    • First language status
    • Free school meal status
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2024/25

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  Create table

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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 multiplication tables check assessment, which became statutory in 2022.

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

Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number. Mean average scores are rounded to 1 decimal place.

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