We are very proud that St Laurence children do well compared to children in other schools nationally.  Our high quality teaching, targeted interventions when needed and holistic support for the wellbeing of the whole child help our children to thrive. Here are our assessment results for 2026 (Academic Year 2025/26).

 

EYFS

At the end of Reception, teachers assess children against the 17 Early Learning Goals (ELG) in the EYFS Profile. Children achieving the ELG in all of the prime areas, mathematics and literacy are said to have achieved a ‘Good Level of Development’ (GLD)

​The results below show the percentage of children achieving each ELG and those who achieved a GLD. The National Average for these measures is shown in brackets.

Area of Learning and Development	Achieving the Early Learning Goal at St Laurence 2026	Achieving the Early Learning Goal National Results 2025
Listening, Attention and Understanding	83%	82%
Word Reading	77%	76%
Writing	76%	71%
Numerical Patterns	81%	78%
PSED: Building Relationships	90%	88%
Achieving good level of development	72%	68%

Phonics Screening Checks

Children sit the phonics screening check at the end of Year 1.

This check contains 40 words, 20 real and 20 pseudo-words (alien words).  Children are asked to decode the words to demonstrate their phonic skills. Children who do not pass in Year 1, re-sit the check in Year 2.

We are proud that despite high levels of SEND in Year One, our children did very well in comparison to national results, and by Year Two our children significantly outperform those nationally.

 

Pupils	Reaching Expected Standard at St Laurence 2026	Reaching Expected Standard National Results 2026
Year One (all pupils)	88%	82%
Year One (disadvantaged pupils)	80%	68%
Year Two re-sits (all pupils)	93%	89%
Year Two re-sits (disadvantaged pupils)	76%	not released

Key Stage One (End of Year 2)

End of KS1 assessments (SATs) became non-statutory from the 2023-24 academic year onwards and statistics are not published at a national level. We continue to assess children in reading, writing and mathematics and compare this to the age-related expectations of the National Curriculum.

We are incredibly proud that, despite a cohort with nearly 30% of children having special educational needs, our children achieved well in relation to national results, and those without SEND (results shown in brackets) perfromed significantly better.

Subject	Reaching Expected Standard* at St Laurence 2026	Reaching Expected Standard* last published National Results
Reading	64% (79%)	68%
Writing	64% (84%)	60%
Maths	64% (79%)	70%

*Note: The figure for ‘Reaching Expected Standard’ includes those working ‘At’ and ‘Above’ Expected Standard (ie. at Greater Depth).

We work hard and do well in our assessments

School Performance Tables

For further information on our school results see our page on the Government’s School and College Performance comparison website: