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    Key Stage 2 Outcomes 2019 - Letter from Dr Tim O'Neill - Director of Education and Skills, Birmingham City Council

    A huge thank you is extended to our wonderful children and staff who have worked so hard to ensure that the standards and results are the very best that they can be for everyone and are the best that we have ever had at St Edward's. We want our pupils to achieve their potential, whilst enjoying a broad and balanced engaging curriculum.

    If our children are happy and engaged, they will learn!  (Sept 2019)

    In January 2019, we were named within the Top Ten of Schools in Birmingham in the Real Schools' Guide 2019

    EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE

    GOOD LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT (GLD)      

    2023 2024 2023 2026

    72.7%

    61.4.% 64.7% 66.7%

    Year 1 Phonics Screening Check Results

      2024 2025 2026
    School % 89.1% 89.5%          88%        
    National % 80% 80% ~82%
    School mean score 34.9 35.7 34.9

    Children read a list of 40 real and 'alien' words, a score of 32 or high on the phonic screening test is a pass and shows that they are working at the expected standard. 

    All Year 1 pupils are required to complete the Phonic Screening Check in June. This is a Government check to see if children are making appropriate progress in their phonological development. Pupils that do not pass the Phonic Screening Check in Year 1 must retake the test in Year 2. Children who do not pass this test by the end of Year 2 continue to receive support on phonological development in Year 3.

    ~Predicted national for 2026

    Year 2 Phonic Check Retakes

      2023 2024 2025    2026    
    School % 61.1% 37.5% 50% 50%
    School mean score 26.4 21.3 28 22

     By the end of Year 2 94% of the cohort have passed the phonic screening check. 

    All children are making good progress from their starting points. 

     

     

     

    Year 4 Multiplication Check Results 2024 and 2025

      School 2024 National 2024 School 2025 National 2025 School 2026 National 2026
    Mean Score 22 20 22.1 21 22.9 ~21.6
    25/25 49% 34% 40% 37% 48% ~44%
    24+ 65%   56% ----- 63% -----
    23+ 73%   70% ----- 72% -----
    22+ 76%   72% ----- 79% -----
    21+ 78%   81% ----- 82% -----
    20+ 84%   82% ----- 86% -----

    The Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) is a Key Stage 2 assessment which takes place in the summer term for pupils in Year 4.  The test consists of 25 questions and assesses a pupil's ability to recall the times tables up to 12 x 12.  There is no official pass mark, but higher scores indicate greater proficiency.  The mean scores for each school are compared against the national results. 

    ~predicted 2026 national results

    St Edward's are above national for the third consecutive year. 

     

     

     

    Key Stage 2 Results 2026

     

    School 

    Expected Standard

    National 

    Expected Standard

    School

    Greater Depth

    National 

    Greater Depth

    Reading 81% 75% 40% 31%
    Writing 79% 73% 15% 13%
    Maths  89% 75% 25% 27%
    GPS* 85% 74% 43% 30%
    Combined (R,W,M) 77% 63% 11% 9%

    Average Scaled Scores

      School National
    Reading 106.8 106
    Maths 106.3 105
    GPS* 107.7 105

    *Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling