Committee Children and Young People Select Committee Item No. 6

Title Standards and Achievement - Exam results

Ward s All

Contributors Executive Director for Children and Young People

Class Date: 9th October 2013

All results contained within this report are provisional. National provisional data sets are expected as follows:-

Key Stage 2: Final school level results will be published in December 2013. GCSE: Final school results will be published in January 2014.

1. Early Years Foundation Stage Nursery and Reception 2. Key Stage 1 Years 1 and 2 3. Key Stage 2 Years 3 to 6 4. Key Stage 4 Years 10 and 11 5. Key Stage 5 Years 12 and 13

The report is structured to include a brief overview of the headlines from each relevant key stage supported by data. Further data tables are provided which show trends alongside provisional 2011 outcomes.

1. Early Years Foundation Stage – Nursery and Reception

1.1 The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is not a statutory phase of education until children reach the age of 5. The Reception year is the first year in which school becomes statutory. Children in Reception classes are aged 4 and 5 years old. The large majority of children started Reception class in September, regardless of when they became 5.

1.2 The EYFS curriculum is structured differently to the more formal curriculum that pupils will experience as they get older.

1.3 There is a new framework for EYFS, which took effect on 1 September 2012. This reduces the number of early learning goals from 69 to 17, sharpens the focus on the main areas of learning and simplifies assessment when a child reaches five. It also places a responsibility on practitioners to provide a summary assessment of children as part of the two year-old check. 1.4 There are now seven areas of learning: Three prime areas – communication and language; physical development and personal social and emotional development; and four specific areas – literacy; mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts and design.

1 1.5 These changes mean that we can’t compare this year’s EYFS outcomes directly with previous years. The new ‘Good Level of Development’ measure is achieved if a child attains or exceeds the Early Learning Goals in 12 areas – all the ‘Prime Areas’ and the four ‘Specific Areas’ relating to literacy and mathematics.

1.6 68% percent of children across gained a ‘Good Level of Development’. However, individual school results for the percentage of children gaining a ‘Good Level of Development’ range from 38.7% to 93.8%. We clearly need to focus on this variability given that some schools with high levels of children eligible for Pupil Premium achieved very highly e.g. Grinling Gibbons, Downderry and Launcelot.

1.7 For those children eligible for Pupil Premium, there are gaps across all EYFS measures. The gaps are at their widest with reading, writing and numbers, which all count towards the ‘Good Level of Development’ measure. Boys have also scored lower than girls in every measure, as have those whose birthday fell in the Summer Term. The challenge for all our Y1 teachers is to accelerate progress, including for these underperforming groups. Early Years Foundation Stage: Good Level of Development

2013 2013 All Pupil Premium Lewisham 67.9% 60.2%

London tba (Oct) tba (Oct)

Inner tba (Oct) tba (Oct)

National tba (Oct) tba (Oct)

2. Key Stage 1 – Years 1 and 2

2.1 Pupils in Key Stage 1 are assessed at the end of Year 2 in reading, writing and mathematics. These pupils will be aged 7 when the assessments are made. The assessments are undertaken by class teachers and can either take the form of a test or can be based upon teacher assessment of a pupil’s abilities. The national expectation is that a child will achieve Level 2b by the age of 7. Achieving at Level 3 indicates that a child has exceeded what is expected. These assessments are made within the school but 25% are moderated by the local authority every year on a rolling cycle to ensure greater consistency.

2.2 Last year, for the first time, a phonics test in Year 1 was introduced. It comprised a list of 40 words and non-words, which a child read one-to-one with a teacher. Last year Lewisham pupils were below both national and London averages and schools worked hard to improve this measure to 75.2% this year. For those pupils eligible for Pupil Premium, the improvement was up by 20.5% to 66.8%

2 Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

Percentage meeting the required standard of Phonic decoding

2012 2013 2012 Pupil 2013 Pupil All Premium All Premium Lewisham 60.1% 46.3% 75.2% 66.8% London 60.0% Not published Tba (Oct) Tba (Oct) Inner London 60.0% Not published Tba (Oct) Tba (Oct) National 58.0% Not published Tba (Oct) Tba (Oct)

2.3 Last year there were improvements across the board in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of Key Stage 1 and we reached national averages in Level 3 in all three areas. This year, there are even bigger gains and we await national figures in October to see if we have finally closed the gap with national across all measures for all pupils.

2.4 For children eligible for Pupil Premium, there have been some notable improvements in Level 2b+ in reading (up by 9.4%), writing (up by 10.1%) and maths (up by 6.7%). The challenge still remains to close the gaps, as, in all measures, only Level 2b+ in writing matches national outcomes for all children for 2012. Obviously this is a key focus for us all across the borough.

2013 2010 2011 2012 Provisional

National National Pupil Pupil Lewisham National Lewisham Lewisham Lewisham (London) (London) Premium Premium

85% 87% L2+ 80% 85% 83% 86% 78.1% 88.7% 83.1% (85%) (87%)

74% 76% Reading L2b+ 67% 72% 70% 75% 63.5% 80.6% 72.9% (73%) (76%)

26% 27% L3 22% 26% 24% 27% 16.4% 31.1% 18.3% (24%) (26%)

81% 83% L2+ 75% 81% 78% 81% 71.7% 85.4% 79.6% (81%) (83%)

61% 64% Writing L2b+ 52% 60% 57% 63% 48.7% 69.4% 58.8% (61%) (64%) 13% 14% L3 11% 12% 13% 15% 7.6% 20.4% 10.7% (12%) (13%)

90% 91% L2+ 87% 89% 87% 90% 83.7% 92.2% 88.6% (89%) (90%)

74% 79% Maths L2b+ 68% 73% 69% 75% 63.3% 78.3% 70.1% (73%) (76%)

20% 22% L3 18% 20% 21% 22% 13.1% 26.2% 16.2% (20%) (21%)

3 3. Key Stage 2 – Years 3 to 6

3.1 Pupils in Key Stage 2 are assessed at the end of Year 6 in reading, writing and mathematics. These pupils will be aged 11 when the assessments are made. Up until this year, all the assessments were made at the school in the form of a written test in each subject. This year, the assessments in reading and maths were in the form of a test taken in “test conditions” within the school but externally marked. The writing test was based on teacher assessment and marked within the school. The LA moderated a sample of these. The national expectation is that a child will achieve Level 4 by the age of 11. However, during the summer, the Government indicated that this expectation should rise to a “good” Level 4. This is defined as a Level 4b+ in reading and mathematics and a Level 4+ in writing.

3.2 There have been significant changes this year at Key Stage 2, with Reading, Writing and Maths combined as the key measure at Key Stage 2 instead of English and Maths combined. Overall, in this new measure, schools across the borough have done extremely well. Outcomes have increased across the borough from 81.1% to 82.6%. (The national average for 2013 has gone up by 1% to 76% and the London average remains the same at 77%). Within this new measure, the outcomes for those pupils eligible for Pupil Premium have increased from 72.4% to 75.5%. This gap between pupils eligible for Pupil Premium and all pupils remains too high and will need to continue to be a key focus for all.

3.3 As indicated above, an additional measure has been added nationally, which is the percentage of pupils who gained Level 4b+ in reading and maths and L4+ in writing. Outcomes for this measure is at 73.2%, up from 71.5% last year. And, for those pupils eligible for Pupil Premium, there is a 10% gap with all pupils across the borough. Clearly, the lower performance in this measure is something schools will be looking at carefully.

3.4 There is likewise a new measure for Level 5+ in reading, writing and maths combined, where outcomes have also increased across the borough from 24% to 26.8%. (The national average for 2013 has increased by 1% to 21% and the London average has increased by 1% to 22%.) This is an important measure as it secures high achievement at GCSE and A level for all pupils. A key focus for this year has been the percentage of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium who achieved Level 5 across all subjects and this figure has increased from 13.4% to 16.2%, which although an improvement, remains below the national figure for all pupils and so must remain a priority for schools

3.5 The KS2 results for each Local Authority and nationally were published on 19 September. School level results in performance tables will be published in December. Lewisham benchmarks extremely well with London and nationally. For the key measure of children achieving Level 4+ in each of reading, writing and mathematics, Lewisham has the fifth highest results in the country. We are third highest in London behind only Kensington and Chelsea and Richmond. We also top the table of our statistical neighbour authorities.

3.6 At Level 5 and above across all of reading, writing and mathematics, Lewisham’s results are also well above the national average, with the 14 th highest results in the 4 country and the third highest in Inner London behind Wandsworth and Kensington and Chelsea. Five Outer London boroughs achieved higher than we did, however, including two of our statistical neighbours – Bromley and Greenwich.

3.7 Level 4b results have also been published by Local Authority area for reading and mathematics separately but the new combined measure has not yet been published. We are, again, well above national and London averages in these measures, having the 11 th best results nationally in reading and the 7 th best nationally for mathematics. A separate test in grammar, punctuation and spelling was given this year. In this test, our results, while still above national averages at Levels 4, 4b and 5, are not as strong as the other measures when benchmarked against London and statistical neighbours.

3.8 At school level a number of schools have bucked the trend with the attainment of all pupils and those eligible for Pupil Premium doing exceptionally well.

3.9 At Level 4+ in reading, writing and maths combined, the following ten schools exceeded 90% for all pupils and for those eligible for Pupil Premium. Four of these school here have more than 50% of their cohort eligible for Pupil Premium:

School ( % eligible for Pupil Premium in Y6) % Level 4+ in reading, writing and maths All Pupils Pupils eligible for Pupil Premium Eliot Bank (33%) 94.8% 94.7% Good Shepherd* (52%) 92.6% 92.9% Grinling Gibbons* (57%) 100% 100% Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham (Temple 93% 95% Grove) (47%) Haseltine 100% 100% Holy Cross RC (27%) 100% 100% Kilmorie (30%) 95% 91.7% Rathfern* (54%) 95.7% 100% Sir Francis Drake* (52%) 96.6% 93.3% St Margaret’s Lee (21%) 92.9% 100% Stillness Juniors (27%) 92.5 94.4%

* Schools with higher than 50% of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium

3.10 At Level 4b+ in reading and maths, and Level 4+ in Writing, the following 12 schools exceeded 85% for their Pupil Premium pupils. Five of these school here have more than 50% of their cohort eligible for Pupil Premium:

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School ( % eligible for Pupil Premium Level 4b+ in reading and maths, and in Y6) Level 4+ in English

All Pupils Pupils eligible for Pupil Premium Beecroft Garden* (67%) 81.5% 88.9% Eliot Bank (33%) 93.1% 89.5% Good Shepherd RC* (52%) 85.2% 85.7% Gordonbrock (31%) 93.5% 89.5% Grinling Gibbons* (57%) 100% 100% Holbeach (49%) 86.8% 84.6% Holy Cross RC (27%) 96.7% 100% Kilmorie (30%) 92.5% 91.7% Rathfern* (54%) 89.1% 88% Sir Francis Drake* (52%) 96.6% 93.3% St Stephen’s CE (43%) 86.7% 92.3% Stillness Juniors (27%) 88.1% 88.9%

* Schools with higher than 50% of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium

3.11 For the key measure of Level 5+, in reading, writing and maths combined, the following seven schools exceeded 30% for all pupils and those eligible for Pupil Premium. Three of these school here have more than 50% of their cohort eligible for Pupil Premium:

School ( % eligible for Pupil Premium Level 5+, in reading, writing and maths in Y6) All Pupils Pupils eligible for Pupil Premium All Saints (7%) 41.4% 50% Grinling Gibbons* (57%) 85.7% 87.5% Holy Cross RC (27%) 40% 37.5% Our Lady and St Philip Neri (35%) 34.9% 33.3% Rathfern* (54%) 41.3% 40% Sir Francis Drake* (52%) 44.8% 33.3% St Stephen’s CE (43%) 30% 38.%

* Schools with higher than 50% of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium

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2013 2010 2011 2012 Provisional Lewisham Lewisham National National National Lewisham National Lewisham Lewisham Lewisham Pupil Pupil (London) (London) (London) All (London) Premium Premium Reading, 75.2% Writing 64% 67% 75% 76% 66% 68% 81.1% 72.4% 82.6% and Maths (68%) (70%) ( 77%) (77%) L4+ Reading, 20% 16.2% Writing ( %) 21% 15% 14% 14% 13% 23.6% 13.4% 26.8% and Maths (23%) L5+ Reading 83% 84% 87% 86% 86.4 % 84.0% 84% 91.0% 86.3% 90.2% L4+ 85%) (85%) (88%) (86%) Reading 50% 42% 48% 45% 38.7 % 49.0% 43% 54.2% 41.9% 49.7% L5+ (NA) (43%) (49%) (45%) Reading 0% 0% 0.0% - - - - 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% L6+ (0%) (1%) Writing 71% 75% 81% 83% 81. 7% 71.0% 77% 85.7% 78.5% 87.6% L4+ (73%) (77%) (83%) (84%) Writing 21% 20% 28% 30% 27.0 % 18.0% 20% 32.6% 21.6% 37.3% L5+ (NA) (22%) (30%) (32%) Writing 1% 2% 1.0% - - - - 2% 1.1% 2.4% L6+ (1%) (2%) 79% 81% 84% 85% 86.2 % Maths L4+ 83.0% 80% 88.2% 82.2% 90.3% (81%) (82%) (86%) (87%) 34% 35% 39% 41 33% Maths L5+ 33.0% 35% 43.0% 30% 45.7% (37%) (37%) (42%) (45%) 3% 7% Maths L6+ - - - - 5% 2.3% 7.5% 3.9% (5%) (9%)

3.12 The national ‘Floor Standard’ for Key Stage 2 expects that schools should have 60% of their pupils achieving Level 4 in reading, writing and maths combined and that 87% of pupils will have made 2 levels of progress in English and 86% in maths. The progress values are based on national median scores from 2012 and could vary slightly after the final publication of data in the autumn term.

3.13 Our analysis shows that one school is below the 60% combined achievement standard and that is the primary section of St Matthew .

4. Key Stage 4 – Years 10 and 11

4.1 Please note: results are provisional

2010 2011 2012 2013 Provisional Lewisham National Lewisham National Lewisham National Lewisham (London) (London) (London) 5+ A*-C 64.0% 75.4% 68.8% 79.6% 73.7% 81.1% 79.5% (77.8%) (82.0%) (83.4%) 5+A*-C, 48.0% 53.5% 55.9% 58.9% 55.8% 58.6% 58.2% including (58.0%) (61.9%) (61.3%) English & Maths 7 2010 2011 2012 2013 Provisional Lewisham National Lewisham National Lewisham National Lewisham (London) (London) (London) English 60.9% 66% 67.8% 69% 64.6% 66.4% 67.1% A*-C (67.8%) (69.0%) Maths 55.3% 60% 64.2% 65.3% 67.3% 69.2 68.5% A*-C (69.1%) (72.8%) Eng Bacc 15.6% 12.5% 15.4% 14.4% 16.1% 18.3% (17.9%) (19.2%)

4.2 Once again, our secondary schools have increased the overall percentage of pupils who gained 5+A*-C, including English and maths, by 2.2% to 58.2%. Of these, eight schools improved on last year and six reported their best ever results: Addey and Stanhope School, , , , Prendergast Hilly Fields College and .

4.3 Notable increases were seen at Haberdashers’ Knights Academy of 14.8% to 54.8%, St Matthew Academy of 15.6% to 59.6% and Addey and Stanhope of 10.2% to 72.2%. Trinity was successful in exceeding the Key Stage 2 Level 4+ profile for their Y11 cohort, which is a real achievement.

4.4 While 5+A*-C measure is now less frequently reported, the percentage of students gaining 5+A*-C also increased across the borough by 4.1% but remains low in comparison to national and London averages. Nevertheless, four schools had over 85% of their students achieving 5 good GCSEs: Conisborough gained 91.8%, Forest Hill 89.3%, St Matthew Academy 88.2% and Haberdashers’ Knights Academy with 85.9%.

4.5 We has also seen a 5% rise in the number of students gaining the English Baccalaureate, where students must get A*–C in English, maths, science, history or geography and a foreign language. Five schools are well above last year’s national and London averages: Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College gained 36.1%, Sydenham 33.9%, Prendergast Hilly Fields College 32.2%, Bonus Pastor 27% and Addey % Stanhope with 24.3%. In addition, Deptford Green and Sedgehill made strong improvements in this important measure.

5. Key Stage 5 – Years 12 and 13

5.1 Our overall pass rate has remained high at 98.4%. There is an improvement on last year with 68% of entries at Grades A*-C and 38% at Grades A* – B. This is an area that we must continue to focus on to ensure our young people can compete with the best nationally. Prendergast Hillyfields for another year beat the national average for A*-C at 80.7%, more than half gaining A* to B grades and a quarter getting A* or A grades. Sedgehill gained 100% overall pass rate. At Christ The King, 118 BTEC Extended Diploma students achieved 100% pass rate, including those at the new CTK Aquinas. Students at SFH6 (Sydenham and Forest Hill Sixth Form), did particularly well with a large increase in students achieving the top grades.

8 5.2 We continue to collect the numbers going to the top third and Russell Group universities and early indications show this is higher than the last two years. At Christ The King there are over 600 young people progressing to university. At Prendergast Hilly Fields College 30% of students have received offers from Russell Group universities. At Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College, 5 students gaining places at Oxbridge colleges. We also have the first student from who gained a scholarship at Colfe's with an offer to study classics at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, which is such a wonderful achievement.

2010 2011 2012 Provisional 2013 Provisional Lewisham National Lewisham National Lewisham National Lewisham National A* - B 42.5% 52.2% 41.8% 52.6% 36.6% 52.6% 38.0% 52.9% grades A* - C 69.5% 75.4% 70.9% 76.2% 65.5% 76.6% 68% 77.2% grades A* - E 97.7% 97.6% 97.9% 97.8% 98.5% 98.0% 98.04% 98.10% grades

6. Appendices:

• EYFS: Lewisham charts; Lewisham and School data tables • Phonics: Lewisham and School data tables • KS1: Lewisham and School data tables • KS2: Lewisham and national benchmarking trends charts; Lewisham and School data tables • KS4 GCSE: Lewisham and national benchmarking trends charts; Lewisham and School data tables • KS5 A levels: Lewisham and School data tables

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