National Testing 2025
Baseline Assesments of our youngest children took place during their first six weeks at school.
National Curriculum Assessment tests also commonly known as SATs took place during May.
So in all, YR were assessed on entry to school, Year 1 took part in a phonics screen, Year 4 the multiplication tables check and Y6 the end of KS2 SATs.
We are, as always, incredibly proud of our children and all that they have manged to achieve.
Key Stage 2 pupils take tests in:
Outcomes are reported as scaled scores ranging from 80-120. A scaled score of 100 is the expected standard. A scaled score of 110+ indicates that a child is “working at greater depth” (GD-higher standard).
Writing is based on teacher assessment and was this year moderated with the Local Authority.
% ARE | 2023
| Actual23 | Target ‘24 | National‘24 | Actual ‘24 | Target ‘25 | National ‘25 | Actual ‘25 |
Reading EXS | 80% | 70% | 87% | 74% | 80% | 83% | 75% | 87% |
Reading GDS | 37% | 33% | 30% | 28% | 33% | 37% | 33% | 50% |
Maths EXS | 90% | 90% | 83% | 73% | 87% | 90% | 74% | 93% |
Maths GDS | 43% | 37% | 27% | 24% | 43% | 43% | 26% | 67% |
Writing EXS | 100 | 83% | 80% | 72% | 87% | 87% | 72% | 80% |
Writing GDS | 17% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 23% | 13% | 17% |
GPS EXS | 87% | 80% | 80% | 72% | 87% | 83% | 73% | 90% |
GPS GDS | 43% | 43% | 33% | 32% | 53% | 37% | 30% | 57% |
Science EXS | 100% | 97% | 90% |
| 93% | 81% | 87% | 87% |
Combined | 73% | 67% | 72% |
| 80% | 61% | 80% | 80% |
National vs School average scaled scores | ||||||||
| 2022
| School ‘22 | 2023 | School ‘23 | 2024 | School ‘24 | 2025 | School ‘25 |
Reading | 105 | 110 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 107 | 106 | 108 |
Maths | 104 | 109 | 104 | 109 | 104 | 109 | 105 | 112 |
GPS | 105 | 108 | 105 | 107 | 105 | 107 | 105 | 110 |
Early Years Foundation Stage
The Government has set out how the new Good Level of Development (GLD) measure will be defined.
Children are defined as having reached a good level of development at the end of the EYFS if they have achieved at least the expected level in:
Please note: national and county data have yet to be published
| 2025 National | 2025 Kent | 2025 actual | 2025 target | 2024 National | 2024 Kent | 2024 actual | 2024 Target | 2023 National | 2023 Target | 2023 actual |
GLD |
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| 80% | 80% | 67.2% | 68.3% | 83% | 77% | 67.2% | 80% | 79% |
Literacy |
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| 80% | 80% | 69.7% | 70.8% | 83% | 77% | 69.7% | 80% | 79% |
Maths |
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| 80% | 80% | 77.1% | 79.2% | 83% | 77% | 77.1% | 80% | 83% |
Phonic screen for year one children.
The phonics screening check is designed to confirm whether pupils have learnt phonic decoding to an appropriate standard. It will identify pupils who need extra help to improve their decoding skills.
The check consists of 20 real words and 20 pseudo-words (nonsense words) that a pupil reads aloud to the teacher.
If pupils do not reach the required National standard in Year 1, these pupils are expected to undertake the Phonics Screening again in Year 2.
Y1 Phonics
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National Average | Target: | % achieving threshold |
2025 81% | 83% | 90% |
2024 80.2%* | 87% | 90% |
2023 79% | 79% | 90% |
2022 75% | 75% | 93% |
Key Stage One
Key stage one children no longer sit tests but are assessed internally.
KS1 % ARE | 2022 | School ’23 | National ‘23 | Target ‘24 | school ‘24 | Target ‘25 | School ‘25 |
Reading EXS | 83% | 83% | 69% | 90% | 90% | 83% | 87% |
Reading GDS | 40% | 30% |
| 23% | 30% | 23% | 27% |
Maths EXS | 80% | 90% | 72% | 83% | 80% | 83% | 83% |
Maths GDS | 27% | 27% |
| 20% | 27% | 20% | 23% |
Writing EXS | 80% | 83% | 61% | 83% | 83% | 83% | 77% |
Writing GDS | 13% | 17% |
| 20% | 13% | 17% | 20% |
Science EXS |
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| 93% | 90% | 90% |
Phonics rescreen |
| 3/3 100 |
| 67% (2/3) | 67% 2/3 | 100% | 50% 1/2 |
| Multiplication Tables Check Y4 |
The national curriculum expects all children to accurately recall the multiplication facts to 12 x 12 by the end of Year 4.
Children who have mastered the times tables will be able to more effectively access Year 5 maths, such as further fractions work and more complex written calculations.
There is no ‘pass mark’ for the check and individual school results are not published nationally. The highest average score is 20.2% and so we include 20 marks or above in our internal data in order to monitor progress.
MTC Y4 | National | School ‘ 22 | School ‘ 23 | School ‘24 | School ‘25 |
25/25 | 30% | 37% | 43% | 50% | 52% |
20 or above | not published | 87% | 77% | 70% | 66% |
16 or above | 80% | 97% | 90% | 83% | 97% |