Performance data July 2025
At the end of Key Stage 2 children are judged to be either working at the expected standard or not. Some children may be judged to be working above the expected standard.
The table below shows the percentage of children achieving the expected standard and the percentage achieving a ‘high’ level of attainment. A pupil awarded a scaled score of 100 or more has met the expected standard in each test.
Reading KS2 :
Writing KS2:
Maths KS2:
Combined KS2:
For a pupil to achieve the expected standard in reading and maths they must achieve a scaled score of 100+ in the corresponding tests.
For a pupil to be working at greater depth in reading and maths they must achieve a scaled score of 110+ in the corresponding tests.
The average scaled score at Parkstone Primary School for reading is 109
The average scaled score at Parkstone Primary School for maths is 108
‘In Reception, phonics is taught every day.’
‘The governing body challenges leaders on the actions they are taking to improve the school.’
‘Pupils talk with pride about the ‘leading learner’ badges
they get for reading regularly, arriving on time and trying hard.’
‘Teachers use ‘pinny time’ to revisit the sounds that children have been
taught, as they learn through play.’
‘All pupils know the school rules.’
‘Pupils are very positive about their
mathematics work.’
‘Pupils discuss and analyse texts during their
‘reading mastery’ lessons.’
‘ Subject leaders benefit from meeting staff in
other trust schools to exchange ideas and good practice.’
‘Pupils could talk about rainfall and temperature graphs, as well as the impact of the River Nile on Egyptian settlements.’
‘Pupils enjoy the books their teacher reads to them.’
‘In mathematics, teachers make daily checks on pupils’ understanding. This ensures that the work pupils do is suitably challenging.’
‘One pupil told the
inspector that, ‘school is amazing because teachers include everyone.’
‘Teachers have strong subject
knowledge and use geographical vocabulary with precision.’
‘Staff are happy, and morale
is high.’
‘Pupils thrive at this inclusive school.’
‘Pupils who are falling behind in their phonics get extra help to catch up.’
‘The reading curriculum is well organised.’
‘Reception children get opportunities to explore numbers all the time.
Daily mathematics lessons help them to count with speed and confidence.’
‘Teachers model language and sounds accurately. This means that Reception children get off to a strong start with their reading.’
‘Children in early years learn phonics as soon as they start school.’
‘Teachers say that leaders listen to their views and help them to manage their workload.’
‘Leaders
have provided teachers with the phonics training they need.’
‘All
adults have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.’
‘The geography curriculum is a strength of the school.
Leaders have carefully set out what they want pupils to know by the end of each year.’
‘Leaders’ relationships and sex education and health education
curriculums give pupils an age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships.’
‘Classrooms are oases of calm. As a
result, pupils are happy. They feel safe at school.’