Assessment Results

In Reception, 66% of pupils overall achieved GLD, or 70% when just the Reception class is considered.  

 

2023 

2024 

2025 (Rec) 

GLD 

50% 

64.5% 

66% (70%) 

 

In Y1 the % passing the check is 61% overall; or 69% for 1D, homegrown pupils. The average score is 27.1 for all pupils; or 29 for homegrown, 1D pupils.  

 

2023 

2024 

2025 (1D) 

Phonics Y1 

64.4% 

64.7% 

61% (62%) 

 

In Y2 the % passing the phonics check is 68% overall; or 83% for 2M, homegrown pupils. The average score is 25.5 for all pupils; or 32 for 2M, homegrown pupils. The overall pass has dipped this year, which leaders were expecting due to significant complex needs in this cohort (see GLD 2023). 

 

2023 

2024 

2025 (2M) 

Phonics Y2 

74.1% 

83.6% 

68% (86%) 

 

In Y4, the % of pupils scoring 25/25 has now reached 62%, demonstrating improvements each year and a mean score of 23.3 out of 25, which is significantly higher than national average.  

 

2023 

2024 

2025  

Y4 MTC 

28% 

37% 

62% 

 

 

 

2023 

2024 

2025  

Provisional

(6N/6P) 

Reading 

50% 

60.8 % 

35% - 40% (43%) 

Writing 

54.7% 

68.6 % 

43 - 45% (48%) 

Maths 

61.7% 

52.9 % 

46 - 48% (52%) 

Combined 

43.3% 

43.1 % 

23 - 24% (26%) 

Internal data tracking is careful to ensure all pupils are making good, or accelerated progress, but this is not reflected in national test results, especially as so many of our pupils have joined the school later and have limited English. 



https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/103261/st-benedict%27s-primary-school/primary