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Fairfield Community Primary School

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July 2026 Key Stage 2 SAT's results at a glance plus other assessment outcomes

Children at the end of Key Stage 2 (Year 6) have Standard Attainment Tests (SAT's) and assessments in Mathematics, English and Science. Please note, due to the global pandemic, SAT's were cancelled at the end of 2020 and 2021.

The latest results for 2026 tests and assessments are summarised below with the 3 year pattern

 

  

2026 outcome

% 

2025 outcome

%

  2024 outcome % 

KS2 combined

 

46%

58%

40%

KS2 Reading ARE

 

68%

76%

72%

KS2 Writing ARE

 

53%

73%

60%

KS2 Maths ARE

 

71%

82%

66%

KS2 SPAG ARE

 

64%

82%

80%

Phonics

 

70%

80%

83%

MTP

 

73% (20+)

35% (25)

74% (20+)

20% (25)

 

EYFS GLD

 

52%

60%

60%

 

 

 

Progress Scores in Reading, Writing and Maths 2026

There is no progress data available for the academic year 2023, 2024 or 2025 due the global pandemic resulting in this cohort not sitting their KS1 SAT's.

 

The school progress score is now given as a number in each of the three core areas. A positive number indicates more progress than similar pupils nationally, whilst a negative score indicates less. Fairfield’s progress scores for 206 were: 

 

 

Reading

Writing 

Maths

Progress Score

(2026)

 0.14

 -2.91

 1.15

 

A class average score on the end of Key Stage assessments, or SATs- 100 is deemed as a child meeting the expected standard.  An average scale score is calculated by adding all individual student scores and dividing by the number of total scores. Fairfield scores in 2026 were Reading 102 , SPAG  102 and Maths 103