Key Performance Measures
END of KS2 Results (Y6) in 2025 - ( 22 children )
When looking at our percentages, please remember that in a small school like ours, in each year group, a child typically represents at least 5%, sometimes more.
The academic year 2024/25 was another successful year, despite the challenges of falling roles nationally, and significant pupil mobility, (i.e. in-year admissions and relocation of many of our refugee families). NB, as a small school, each child is about 5% to 10%
KS2 attainment results in 2025 were largely as expected, with almost all metrics being either broadly in line with national, or being 1 or 2 children above or below national; considering our cohort size, nothing here is statistically significant. Test results were again closely matched to our Teacher Assessments . Maths was a little higher than expected this year, although reading was a little lower than expected, despite our systematic use of Accelerated Reader. Our overall attainment figure of 59% ARE+ in Reading, Writing and Maths was roughly three children better than last year (46%) and in line with national at 62%.
Another measure that the DfE ask schools to monitor is that of scaled scores. All of our scores here were above last year scores and either in line with national or above:
At GDS, 4/5 of our metrics were pleasingly above national and our scores from last year.
PHONICS (Y1) aND EYFS (reception) in 2025
The quality of phonics teaching and learning has remained good, especially considering the changes to this particular cohort of 11 children. Our phonics scores were broadly in line with national figures. Any child failing to reach the threshold in this Phonics Screening Check continues to receive daily dedicated support to catch up.
Our EYFS cohort was also very small – just 15 children, so each child represents over 7%. As is usual in our school, children arrive with lower attainment on entry, but they catch up as they progress through school. This year our GLD was about one child below national.
WHOLE SCHOOL SUMMARY for 2024/25
As we expected, there were some good KS2 results this year, especially in Y6 results at GDS* and in mathematics at ARE* and GDS*. Our RWM* Combined figure was in line with national, but significantly above at GDS*
Staff have continued to demonstrate commitment and hard work for all our children and although we were pleased with the overall outcomes, we still want to improve them even more. So, having conducted some initial analysis, our next steps as outlined in our SIP for continued improvement during 2025/26 are:
- Use our Phonics Programme in school and at home to support early phonics development
- Further raise our attainment in writing across the KS2
- Utilise our maths software programs both in school and at home to improve arithmetic
- Pupil Progress Meetings in Sep-25 will identify key groups of children for support catch up
ARE means working at Age Related Expectations.
GDS means working at Greater Depth within the Standard.
GPS refers to an English test on Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling.
RWM Combined means those pupils achieving a pass or better in Reading and Writing and Mathematics
Scaled Scores convert pupils actual test scores into a ranking system, whereby 100 is considered the average pass mark.
There is also an independent School guide, which looks at all schools nationally, and measures a variety of different metrics. For schools in Chichester and the surrounding areas, Birdham is ranked Number 1.
