Pupil Performance 2023

In the summer term of 2023, pupils in the Y1, Y2 and Y6 were assessed in accordance with government guidelines. Below we have included some information on how our pupils performed – including national and local data for 2023 – so you can see how we compare to national statistics. We are very proud of all our pupils and congratulate them on their hard work and achievements.

View Performance on the Gov website

Y1 Phonics Screening Results

Pupils in Year 1, were asked to read 40 words which were made of 20 ‘real’ words and 20 ‘nonsense’ words. Pupils are judged to have met the required standard if they are able to read 32 or more of the 40 words correctly. 87% of our Year 1 pupils met this standard, well above national and local results.

	% meeting expected standard nationally	%meeting expected standard in Islington	%meeting the expected standard at St Joan of Arc
Phonics testing	79%	79%	87%

KS1 SATS Results

Pupils in Year 2 were assessed in reading, writing and maths. Pupils sit a maths and a reading test to reinforce teacher assessments/judgments.

Reading

% meeting expected standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Reading	68.4	71.7	71.2

% meeting the Greater depth/ high standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Reading	18.7	25.2	28.8

Writing

% meeting expected standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Writing	60.3	65.2	67.8

% meeting the Greater depth/ high standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Writing	8.2	14.9	18.6

Maths

% meeting expected standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Maths	70.6	73.7	71.2

% meeting the Greater depth/ high standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Maths	16.3	22.5	18.6

KS2 SATS Results

In May 2023 Year 6 pupils were assessed in reading, writing, maths and SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar). Pupils sit a formal test for these subjects, except for writing, which is assessed by our teachers. Pupils are considered to have met the ‘expected’ standard or to be working at ‘greater depth’ within the subject.

Reading

% meeting expected standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Reading	73	74.7	80

% meeting the Greater depth/ high standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Reading	29.1	29.2	36.4

Writing (teacher assessed)

% meeting expected standard

Nationally

Islington

St. Joan of Arc

Writing

(teacher assessed)

71.5

83.6

% meeting the Greater depth/ high standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Writing	13.2	18.6	20

Maths

% meeting expected standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Maths	73	76.4	85.5

% meeting the Greater depth/ high standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Maths	23.9	26.5	40

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

% meeting expected standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Grammar, punctuation and spelling	72.3	75.4	80

% meeting the Greater depth/ high standard	Nationally	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Grammar, punctuation and spelling	30	33.2	38.2

Progress Scores

As a year group, the pupils achieved above the national average in reaching the expected standard for reading, writing and maths. Very pleasingly, these results show that our Year 6 students made good progress when compared with pupils nationally.

Results of June 2023

	National	Islington	St. Joan of Arc
Average reading progress score	+0.04	-0.05	+3.68
Average writing progress score	+0.03	+0.68	+2.07
Average maths progress score	+0.04	+0.54	+4.44

Scaled Score

Although tests are developed to the same specification each year, because the questions must be different, the difficulty of tests may vary. This means we need to convert the total number of marks a pupil gets in a test (their ‘raw’ score) into a ‘scaled’ score, to ensure we can make accurate comparisons of performance over time.

Pupils scoring at least 100 will have met the expected standard on the test. However, given that the difficulty of the tests may vary each year, the number of raw score marks needed to achieve the scaled score of 100 may also change. For example, if the overall difficulty of a test decreases compared to previous years, the raw score required to meet the expected standard will increase. Similarly, if the test is more difficult, the raw score required to meet the expected standard will decrease.

Average scaled score per pupil

	Average scaled score nationally	Average scaled score in Islington	St Joan of Arc average scaled score
Reading	105	105.4	107.4
Mathematics	104	105.1	107.5
Grammar, punctuation and spelling	105	105.8	107

Combined Scores

Reading, writing and maths: percentage of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects

Nationally, 59% of pupils achieved this 2022 and 2023

SJA

78.2%

Reading, writing and maths: percentage of pupils achieving a high score in all three subjects (Greater depth in Writing and scaled scores of 110+ in Maths and Reading)

Nationally, 11 % of pupils achieved this in 2019 (2022 % tbc)

SJA

18.2%