Pupil Performance 2024
In the summer term of 2024, pupils in Reception, Y1, Y4 and Y6 were assessed in accordance with government guidelines. Below we have included some information on how our pupils performed – including local and national data for 2024. We are very proud of all our pupils and congratulate them on their hard work and achievements.
On 20 July 2022, DfE announced that assessments at the end of KS1 would become non-statutory from the academic year 2023 to 2024. The reception baseline assessment (RBA) will replace the end of KS1 assessments as the baseline for cohort level primary progress measures. It became statutory in the academic year 2021 to 2022, and the reception cohort from that year reach the end of KS1 in the academic year 2023 to 2024.
Progress is normally based on a comparison between key stage 1 and key stage 2 SATs results however, key stage 1 SATs were cancelled along with all other school tests in 2020 and 2021 thus affecting our current Y6 pupils. The DfE has stated that “given the lack of a statistically robust alternative baseline to calculate primary progress measures, we will not be producing or publishing primary progress measures for 2023-24 and 2024-25″
View Performance on the Gov website
EYFS RESULTS
The Good Level of Development (GLD) is a performance measure used at the end of reception. Children are defined as having reached a GLD if they have achieved at least the expected level for the Early Learning Goals (ELG) in the prime areas of learning and the specific areas of mathematics and literacy. The 7 prime ELGs are: Communication and Language, Physical Development, Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED), Literacy, Maths, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
| % achieving GLD nationally | % achieving GLD in Islington | % achieving GLD at St Joan of Arc | |
| GLD | 67.7 | 65.6 | 72.9% |
Year 1 Phonics Screening Results
Pupils in Year 1, were asked to read 40 words which were made of 20 ‘real’ words and 20 ‘nonsense’ words. Pupils are judged to have met the required standard if they are able to read 32 or more of the 40 words correctly. 87% of our Year 1 pupils met this standard, well above national and local results.
| % meeting expected standard nationally | %meeting expected standard in Islington | %meeting the expected standard at St Joan of Arc | |
| Phonics testing | 79% | 79% | 87% |
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) Results
The Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) is a key stage 2 assessment to be taken by pupils at the end of year 4. The purpose of the MTC is to assess whether knowledge of times tables is at the expected level. The MTC is an online test where the pupils are asked 25 questions on times tables 2 to 12.
| % meeting expected standard | Nationally 2024 | Islington | St Joan of Arc |
| Result >20 | 63.6 | 68.1 | 83 |
| Average score | 20.6 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Scoring 25 | NA | NA | 60 |
KS2 SATS Results
In May 2024 Year 6 pupils were assessed in reading, writing, maths and SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar). Pupils sit a formal test for these subjects, except for writing, which is assessed by our teachers. Pupils are considered to have met the ‘expected’ standard or to be working at ‘greater depth’ within the subject.
Reading
| % meeting expected standard | Nationally | Islington | St. Joan of Arc |
| Reading | 74 | 78 | 83 |
| % meeting the Greater depth/ high standard | Nationally | Islington | St. Joan of Arc |
| Reading | 28.4 | 34 | 56 |
Writing (teacher assessed)
| % meeting the Greater depth/ high standard | Nationally | Islington | St. Joan of Arc |
| Writing | 72 | 75 | 79 |
| % meeting the Greater depth/ high standard | Nationally | Islington | St. Joan of Arc |
| Writing | 12.8 | 18 | 29 |
Maths
| % meeting expected standard | Nationally | Islington | St. Joan of Arc |
| Maths | 73 | 77 | 81 |
| % meeting the Greater depth/ high standard | Nationally | Islington | St. Joan of Arc |
| Maths | 23.7 | 30 | 37 |
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
| % meeting expected standard | Nationally | Islington | St. Joan of Arc |
| Grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72 | 76.5 | 79 |
| % meeting the Greater depth/ high standard | Nationally | Islington | St. Joan of Arc |
| Grammar, punctuation and spelling | 31.8 | 39 | 53 |
Scaled Score
Although tests are developed to the same specification each year, because the questions must be different, the difficulty of tests may vary. This means we need to convert the total number of marks a pupil gets in a test (their ‘raw’ score) into a ‘scaled’ score, to ensure we can make accurate comparisons of performance over time.
Pupils scoring at least 100 will have met the expected standard on the test. However, given that the difficulty of the tests may vary each year, the number of raw score marks needed to achieve the scaled score of 100 may also change. For example, if the overall difficulty of a test decreases compared to previous years, the raw score required to meet the expected standard will increase. Similarly, if the test is more difficult, the raw score required to meet the expected standard will decrease.
Average scaled score per pupil
| Average scaled
score nationally |
Average scaled
score in Islington |
Average scaled score
at St Joan of Arc |
|
| Reading | 105 | 106.7 | 109.4 |
| Mathematics | 104 | 105.6 | 107 |
| Grammar, punctuation and spelling | 105 | 106.9 | 109.1 |
Combined Scores
| Reading, writing and maths: percentage of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects
Nationally, 61% of pupils achieved this in 2023 and 2024 |
SJA
67% |
| Reading, writing and maths: percentage of pupils achieving a high score in all three subjects (Greater depth in Writing and scaled scores of 110+ in Maths and Reading)
Nationally, 8 % of pupils achieved this in 2023 and 2024 |
SJA
23.1% |