Applecroft School
Ofsted and Performance Data
Performance Data:
All primary schools must undertake statutory assessments at key points in a child's primary school journey. These include:
- At the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) i.e. Reception,
- At the end of Year 1,
- At the end of Key Stage Two (KS2) i.e. Year 6.
(Nationally, statutory testing was paused in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19. However, we continued to assess the pupils based on teacher assessments).
Statutory Key Stage One assessment (taken at the end of Year 2) stopped being a national requirement from summer 2024.
Our latest results are shown below:
Early Years Foundation Stage:
EYFS | % of children reaching a ‘Good Level of Development’ (GLD) | ||
School | Herts | National | |
| 2024 | 70.0% | 70.0% | 67.8% |
| 2023 | 71.7% | 67.7% | 67.3% |
| 2022 | 65.0% | 64.7% | 65.2% |
| 2021 | 50.0% | - | - |
| 2020 | 73.7% | - | - |
| 2019 | 73.8% | 72.9% | 71.9% |
Year One Phonics Screening Check:
Year 1 | % of children achieving the standard in the Phonics Screening Check | ||
School | Herts | National | |
| 2024 | 98.3% | 81.3% | 80.2% |
| 2023 | 96.7% | 79.4% | 78.9% |
2022 | 73.3% | 75.9% | 75.5% |
| 2021* | 76.6% | - | - |
| 2020* | 86.6% | - | - |
| 2019 | 86.7% | 83.5% | 81.9% |
* = 2020 & 2021 data is based purely on Teacher Assessment for all subjects due to statutory assessments being cancelled due to Covid-19
Key Stage One Results:
KS1 | % of children working at or above the expected standard | ||||||||
Reading | Writing | Maths | |||||||
School | Herts | National | School | Herts | National | School | Herts | National | |
| 2024 | KS1 Assessments no longer statutory | ||||||||
| 2023 | 74.6% | 69.4% | 68.3% | 69.5% | 60.8% | 60.1% | 74.6% | 70.6% | 70.4 |
2022** | 76.7% | 67.9% | 66.9% | 73.3% | 58.2% | 57.6% | 75.0% | 67.6% | 67.7% |
2021* | 79% | - | - | 72% | - | - | 80% | - | - |
| 2020* | 86% | - | - | 70% | - | - | 80% | - | - |
2019 | 74.6% | 77.2% | 74.9% | 71.2% | 70.8% | 69.2% | 78.0% | 76.4% | 75.6% |
* = 2020 & 2021 data is based purely on Teacher Assessment for all subjects due to statutory assessments being cancelled due to Covid-19
** = 2022 our data was externally moderated in this year
| KS1 | % of children working at a higher standard | ||||||||
| Reading | Writing | Maths | |||||||
| School | Herts | National | School | Herts | National | School | Herts | National | |
| 2024 | KS1 Assessments no longer statutory | ||||||||
| 2023 | 25.4% | 23.5% | 18.8% | 22.0% | 10.5% | 8.2% | 23.7% | 18.6% | 16.3% |
| 2022** | 26.7% | 23.1% | 18.0% | 18.3% | 10.2% | 8.0% | 26.7% | 18.0% | 15.1% |
| 2021* | 42% | - | - | 20% | - | - | 22% | - | - |
| 2020* | 30% | - | - | 23% | - | - | 21% | - | - |
| 2019 | 40.7% | 31.0% | 25.0% | 20.3% | 19.2% | 14.8% | 27.1% | 26.4% | 21.7% |
* = 2020 & 2021 data is based purely on Teacher Assessment for all subjects due to statutory assessments being cancelled due to Covid-19
** = 2022 our data was externally moderated in this year
Key Stage Two Results:
* = 2023 our writing data was externally moderated
| % of children working at or above the expected standard | ||||||||||||
KS2 | Reading | Writing (Teacher Assessed) | Maths | Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (GPS) | ||||||||
School | Herts | National | School | Herts | National | School | Herts | National | School | Herts | National | |
| 2024 | 90.0% | 77.7% | 74.2% | 86.7% | 72.1% | 71.8% | 81.7% | 75.3% | 73.1% | 88.3% | 75.2% | 72.2% |
2023 | 66.7% | 76.2% | 72.8% | 80.0% | 71.2% | 71.5% | 68.3% | 74.9% | 73.0% | 65.0% | 75.7% | 72.4% |
2022 | 86.7% | 78.3% | 74.6% | 81.7% | 69.1% | 69.4% | 76.7% | 73.9% | 71.5% | 83.3% | 76.1% | 72.5% |
2021* | 86% | - | - | 86% | - | - | 90% | - | - | 90% | - | - |
| 2020* | 92% | - | - | 87% | - | - | 88% | - | - | 92% | - | - |
2019 | 81.7% | 76.7% | 73.2% | 88.3% | 79.5% | 78.4% | 85.0% | 79.8% | 78.7% | 76.7% | 79.6% | 78.0% |
| 2018 | 90.0% | 79.2% | 75.3% | 86.7% | 79.0% | 78.3% | 86.7% | 76.9% | 75.6% | 90.0% | 80.1% | 77.7% |
KS2 | % of children reaching the expected standard or above in Reading, Writing and Maths (RWM) | ||
School | Herts | National | |
| 2024 | 76.7% | 62.6% | 60.6% |
| 2023 | 60.0% | 60.8% | 59.5% |
2022 | 70.0% | 60.2% | 58.7% |
2021* | 83% | - | - |
| 2020* | 82% | - | - |
| 2019 | 78.3% | 67.0% | 64.9% |
KS2 | % of children working at a higher standard in Reading, Writing and Maths (RWM) | ||
School | Herts | National | |
| 2024 | 23.3% | 9.3% | 7.6% |
| 2023 | 11.7% | 10.3% | 8.0% |
2022** | 18.3% | 9.9% | 7.2% |
2021* | 15% | - | - |
| 2020* | 25% | - | - |
| 2019 | 23.3% | 13.3% | 10.6% |
* = 2020 & 2021 data is based on Teacher Assessment for all subjects due to statutory assessments being cancelled due to Covid-19.
**=2022 data is based on a raw score of 110 or above in Reading and Writing and teacher assessment in writing.
| Applecroft School | Reading | Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling | Maths |
| Scaled Score (2024) | 109.5 | 110.6 | 108.1 |
| Scaled Score (2023) | 104.9 | 103.5 | 103.1 |
| Scaled Score (2022) | 108.7 | 107.1 | 105.2 |
| Scaled Score (2019) | 107.1 | 107.1 | 107.3 |
| Scaled Score (2018) | 108.3 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
Applecroft School | Reading | Writing | Maths |
| Progress Scores (2024) | Nationally, progress scores are not available due to Covid-19 | ||
| Progress Scores (2023) | -0.09 | +1.90 | -0.89 |
| Progress Scores (2022) | + 2.25 | + 1.76 | - 0.36 |
| Progress Scores (2019) | + 0.77 | + 0.78 | + 0.67 |
| Progress Scores (2018) | + 1.14 | + 0.15 | + 1.72 |