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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Rosebank, West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RT
Tel. 01372 727850
Email: info@stjosephs-epsom.surrey.sch.uk

Assessment and Testing

Assessment is a key part of the teaching and learning process. Children are assessed on a daily basis by their teachers which tells us what we need to do to ensure that children meet their full potential. 

From time to time children will complete tests as a measure of what they have fully embedded in their long term memory.

In terms of our performance on a national level we are pleased that our results are excellent as you will see below.

You can view information on the School’s performance from the Department for Education here.

National Phonics Assessments in Year One

At St Joseph's we are passionate about ensuring that children grasp their phonics from the very beginning of their time with us. Our approach is very structured and ensures that all children make rapid progress.

Since its introduction in 2014 we have been recognised by the Department for Education as being in the top 5% of schools nationally for achievement in phonics annually. In 2022, the result was 95%, reflecting the work that we do to embed these early learning skills. 55% of children scored 38/40 or above.  17% of children scored full marks.

Year Two Assessments (Key Stage One)

Throughout year two, teachers assess the children's progress. The children work towards national expectations and at the end of the year teachers made a judgement as to each child's attainment. Below there is a summary of our results for this year. We were pleased to see that some of the impact of the pandemic had been recovered during year two. For these children, their journey continues, and we are very confident that they will attain high standards by the end of year six.

  School
Expected Level

National
Expected Level

School
Higher Level
National
Higher Level
Reading 78% 67% 23% 18%
Writing  77% 58% 25% 8%
Maths 84% 68% 22% 15%

Year Four National Tables Test

Year Four performed exceptionally well in the 2022 tests. This reflects the great emphasis the teachers place on learning tables from an early age.

2021 2022

Average Score: 22 out of 25

Average Score: 23 out of 25

% of children scoring 24 or 25 out of 25 was 48%

% of children scoring 24 or 25 out of 25 was 65%

Year Six Tests (Key Stage Two)

We are very pleased to achieve so highly at Key Stage Two, year-on-year. Children in year six are expected to reach a national standard of attainment in reading, writing and mathematics.
Our results in 2022 were excellent and as follows:

Attainment

  School
Percentage of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics 80%
Percentage of pupils achieving a high level of attainment in reading, writing and mathematics 12%

 

 

School
Expected
Level

National  
Expected Level
School Higher
Level

National Higher
Level 

Percentage of pupils achieving the expected and higher standard in reading 89% 74% 46% 28%
Percentage of pupils achieving the expected and higher standard in mathematics 92% 71% 34% 22%

Percentage of pupils achieving the expected and higher standard in spelling, grammar and punctuation

94% 72% 49% 28%
Percentage of pupils achieving the expected and higher standard in writing 86% 69% 22% 13%

The greatest challenge for children after the pandemic appeared to be in reaching the higher expectations of greater depth in their writing.

Average Scaled Scores

An average score would give a child a result of 100.  Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Our children scored as follows:

Average scaled score in reading

109

Average scaled score in mathematics.

107

Average scaled score in spelling, grammar and punctuation

110

Average Progress Made

If a score is above 0 this means that the pupils in our school achieved greater than the national average progress.

Average progress in reading 2.3
Average progress in writing 0.7
Average progress in mathematics 1.2

Performance Measures

The government did not publish KS2 school level data for the 2021 to 2022 academic year. The last available public data is from the 2018 to 2019 academic year. It is important to note that the data from that year may no longer reflect current performance. We are required to share that data, as below: