School - assessment and performance

Performance tables give information about the National Curriculum results of 11 year old pupils in state schools in England. It lists community, foundation, voluntary aided and voluntary controlled schools in the local education authority (LEA) in alphabetical order. Community schools replaced the county schools category, and foundation schools replaced the grant-maintained category in the 1998 Schools Standards and Framework Act. Special schools are included in this set of primary school tables, and the results of pupils in special schools are included in the local and national averages.

If your child already attends a school listed in the tables, you will be interested to see how the results compare with those of other local schools, and with the LEA and national averages.

You may want to discuss the results with teachers at your school:

• How do they feel the school is performing, and what plans do they have to improve levels of achievement?
• How can you support the work of the school?
• What more can you do to help your own child do better?

School improvement

We strive to improve the performance of all school in the borough and have a dedicated School Improvement Team to help achieve this.

Key Terms

The National Curriculum

Pupils aged 5-16 in state schools must be taught the National Curriculum. This is divided into four 'key stages' which depend on children's ages.

Pupils in Key Stage 2 must be taught the following subjects: English, mathematics, science, design and technology, information technology, history, geography, music, art and physical education. Pupils also study religious education.

Levels of achievement

The National Curriculum sets standards of achievement in each subject for pupils aged 5-14. There are eight levels in the National Curriculum. Pupils are expected to work their way through one level every two years:

Teacher assessments

All teachers check their pupils' progress in each subject as a normal part of their teaching. They must also assess pupils' progress in English, mathematics and science against the National Curriculum standards when pupils reach the end of each key stage. The teacher decides which level best describes a pupil's performance in each area of learning in that subject. Teachers use their knowledge of the work pupils have done throughout the year in class to judge the pupil's progress.

Tests

Pupils must also take national tests at the end of each key stage. These show a pupil's performance in selected parts of a subject on a particular day. At the end of Key Stage 2 pupils are tested in English, mathematics and science. These tests give an independent measure of how pupils and schools are doing compared with national standards in these subjects.

Your child compared with his or her age group

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