School Performance Data

Pupils are meeting the expected standard if they achieve a scaled score of 100 or more in their reading and maths tests, and their teacher assesses them as 'working at the expected standard' or better in writing.

Further information about our schools performance can be found on the government website below:
Compare school performance

For a more detailed explanation, see Scaled scores at key stage 2 (opens in a new window), Key stage 2 teacher assessment (opens in a new window) and Primary school accountability (opens in a new window).

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,  the government announced that no primary test or assessment data will be published for 2020, 2021 or 2022. You can read more by clicking here (opens in a new window).

Progress Scores

The scores below show how much progress pupils at this school made in reading, writing and maths between the end of key stage 1 and the end of key stage 2, compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 1.

The scores are calculated by comparing the key stage 2 test and assessment results of pupils at this school with the results of pupils in schools across England who started with similar assessment results at the end of the previous key stage – key stage 1.

In a small number of cases, pupils can have extremely negative progress scores that disproportionately affect a school’s overall progress score. To reduce the impact of these extreme scores, we set a limit on how negative a pupil’s progress score can be when calculating the school average. This will normally apply to 1 or 2 pupils per school, if any. Where a pupil’s score is more negative than this minimum value, an adjusted score will replace the pupil’s original progress score for the purpose of calculating a school’s overall progress average.

A score above zero means pupils made more progress, on average, than pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 1.

A score below zero means pupils made less progress, on average, than pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 1.

A negative progress score does not mean pupils have made no progress, or the school has failed, rather it means pupils in the school made less progress than other pupils across England with similar results at the end of key stage 1.

The majority of schools have progress scores between -5 and +5.

Orchard pupil's average progress in reading from key stage 1:  -4.3

Orchard pupil's average progress in writing from key stage 1:  -1.2

Orchard pupil's average progress in mathematics from key stage 1:  -1.7

Junior schools - Progress

It is known from national data that pupils at junior schools, on average, have higher attainment scores at the end of key stage 2 than pupils at all other primary schools. However, on average, they also have lower progress scores. This may be for a variety of reasons and should be taken into account when comparing their results to schools which start educating their pupils from the beginning of key stage 1.