Ducklings our Early Years Reception class
Year 6 have been using Skype to speak with Marc who is in Tanzania climbing Kilimanjaro to raise money for Cancer Research.
Marc has also recieved a video message of support from Harry Redknapp.
Year 6 have been using Skype to speak with Marc who is in Tanzania climbing Kilimanjaro to raise money for Cancer Research.
Marc has also recieved a video message of support from Harry Redknapp.
Each half term children from across the school act as resident journalists, capturing all that happens both in the classrooms, clubs and on our fabulous enrichment curriculum days.
Please make sure you have signed up to our home school link communication system. This email service ensures you are up to date with the progress your child is making at school.
We now have a Instagram page for the school.
St Mark’s CE Primary School,
High Street,
Swanage,
Dorset,
BH19 2PH
Telephone: 01929 422949
E-Mail: office@stmarksswanage.dorset.sch.uk
All of Reading, Writing & Maths: In 2018, 55% of Year 6 students achieved the expected standard (or above). This is a significant increase of 32% from 2017 and 9% less than the national average of 64%.
All of Reading, Writing & Maths: In 2018, 7% of students achieved a higher standard in all of Reading, Writing & Maths. This is an increase of 7% from 2017 and 3% lower than the national average of 10%.
Reading: An increase of 7% from 2017 at the expected standard (and above) and 13% lower than the national average. An increase in the average scaled score from 100 to 102, lower than the national average of 105. A significant increase in progress from -1.6 to +3.7.
Writing: A significant increase of 22% from 2017 at the expected standard (and above) and 8% higher than the national average. Scaled Scores are not awarded as Writing is teacher assessed and not a test. A significant increase in progress from -1.7 to +2.0.
Maths: A significant increase of 40% from 2017 at the expected standard (and above) and equal to the national average. A significant increase in the average scaled score from 98 to 104 and equal to the national average. A significant increase in progress from -6.9 to 1.2.
2017 Year 6 |
2018 Year 6 |
School |
National 2018 |
||
% of students |
All of Reading, |
23 |
55 |
+32 |
64 |
Reading Test |
55 |
62 |
+7 |
75 |
|
Writing Teacher |
64 |
86 |
+22 |
78 |
|
Maths Test |
36 |
76 |
+40 |
76 |
|
Average |
Reading Test |
100 |
102 |
+2 |
105 |
Maths Test |
98 |
104 |
+6 |
104 |
|
Average |
Reading Test |
-5.3 |
-1.6 |
+3.7 |
Not yet |
Writing Teacher |
-1.7 |
2.0 |
+3.7 |
||
Maths Test |
-6.9 |
1.2 |
+8.1 |
An explanation of Key Stage 2 Results
School Performance Tables
Each year, the UK Government publishes information about how schools have performed compared to other schools. Information is published in December for Primary Schools and January for Secondary Schools. These are called Performance Tables and contain information about Attainment and Progress. The Government sets national minimum expected standards for attainment and progress called Floor Standards. Please click here to access the latest DFE School Performance Tables 2017 Once Performance Tables are published for 2018, a link will be added here for both St Marks. Please note that information is never published that relates to individual students.
Attainment
At its simplest, attainment is a result, for example, a Scaled Score of 105 in the Key Stage 2 Reading Test. Results are also grouped together to provide school averages, for example, the percentage of students who achieved the nationally expected standard in Reading at the end of Year 6. A Scaled Score of 100 in the Reading Test and in the Maths Test at the end of Key Stage 2 is the minimum expected standard for Year 6 students. Students achieving a Scaled Score of 110 or more are working at a higher standard. Scores are not awarded for Writing Teacher Assessment, therefore, students are assessed as either achieving the expected standard in Writing (including working at greater depth within the expected standard) or not.
Progress
Progress compares test and teacher assessment results over time e.g. how much progress a student makes from the end of Year 2 to the end of Year 6. If two students achieved similar Key Stage 2 Results, but the first student did less well at Key Stage 1, this student would be considered to have made more progress. If two students achieved similar Key Stage 2 Results, but the second student achieved more at Key Stage 1, this student would be considered to have made less progress.
Primary Floor Standards
There are two elements to the Primary Floor Standard. Schools must achieve at least one of these to be considered above the Primary Floor Standard: