School results for 10 to 11 year olds

Published 24 June 2024

Contents

1. Navigate toMain facts and figures section
2. Navigate toThings you need to know section
3. Navigate to By ethnicity (reading) section
4. Navigate to By ethnicity (writing) section
5. Navigate to By ethnicity (maths) section
6. Navigate to By ethnicity (reading, writing and maths combined) section
7. Navigate to By ethnicity (grammar, punctuation and spelling) section
8. Navigate toData sources section
9. Navigate toDownload the data section

1. Main facts and figures

in the 2022 to 2023 school year, the Indian ethnic group had the highest percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in writing (81%), reading, writing and maths combined (73%), and grammar, punctuation and spelling (86%) out of all ethnic groups
the Indian ethnic group also had the highest percentage of pupils meeting the higher standard for grammar, punctuation and spelling (53%) out of all ethnic groups
the Chinese ethnic group had the highest percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in maths (94%) and higher standard in maths (63%), writing (22%), and reading, writing and maths combined (18%)
the mixed white and Asian, and white Irish ethnic groups had the highest percentage of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading (both 80%) and higher standard in reading (both 40%)
white Gypsy and Roma pupils had the lowest percentage meeting the expected standard in reading (30%), writing (29%), maths (29%), reading, writing and maths combined (18%), and grammar, punctuation and spelling (27%)

2. Things you need to know

What the data measures

The data shows the percentage of pupils at state-funded schools in England who met the expected or higher standards in:

reading
writing
maths
reading, writing and maths combined
grammar, punctuation and spelling

Pupils are assessed at the end of key stage 2 (year 6 in primary school), when they are usually 10 or 11 years old.

Teachers assess each pupil against the following standards:

expected standard – pupils must have a scaled score of 100 or more
higher standard – pupils must have a scaled score of 110 or more

Scaled scores range from 80 to 120. They allow for variations in test difficulty year on year and help give a clearer comparison between years.

Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Not included in the data

The data does not include:

pupils in independent schools, alternative provision or those who are home schooling
local authority figures for the Isles of Scilly and City of London as they only have one school each – this means there are not enough pupils to be able to make reliable generalisations

The ethnic groups used in the data

Data is shown for the 18 ethnic groups used in the 2011 Census, with 2 exceptions:

there are separate categories for white Irish Traveller and white Gypsy and Roma pupils
there is no separate category for pupils from the Arab ethnic group

Ethnicity was known for 99% of key stage 2 pupils.

Methodology

Read the detailed methodology document for the data on this page.

In the data file

Download the data for:

measures of pupil progress in each of reading, writing and maths
the average scaled scores for reading, maths, and grammar, punctuation and spelling
further breakdowns by local authority, gender and FSM eligibility

Local authority data is shown for 5 aggregated ethnic groups:

Asian
black
mixed
white
‘other’

This means estimates are shown for these groups as a whole. This is to make sure group sizes are big enough to make reliable generalisations.

3. By ethnicity (reading)

Location:: England
Time period:: 2022 to 2023 school year
Source:: Key stage 2 attainment

Percentage of pupils achieving the expected and higher standards in reading, by ethnicity
Ethnicity	Expected	Higher
	%	%
All	73	29
Asian	74	31
Bangladeshi	76	31
Chinese	76	39
Indian	79	37
Pakistani	70	23
Asian other	74	31
Black	72	25
Black African	74	27
Black Caribbean	67	19
Black other	70	24
Mixed	75	32
White and Asian	80	40
White and black African	74	29
White and black Caribbean	69	23
Mixed other	76	33
White	73	29
White British	74	30
Gypsy or Roma	30	5
White Irish	80	40
Irish Traveller	39	8
White other	70	28
Other	64	23
Unknown	57	21

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4. By ethnicity (writing)

Location:: England
Time period:: 2022 to 2023 school year
Source:: Key stage 2 attainment

Percentage of pupils achieving the expected and high standards in writing, by ethnicity
Ethnicity	Expected	Higher
	%	%
All	71	13
Asian	76	17
Bangladeshi	79	17
Chinese	74	22
Indian	81	21
Pakistani	72	11
Asian other	76	17
Black	73	13
Black African	75	14
Black Caribbean	66	9
Black other	70	12
Mixed	73	16
White and Asian	80	21
White and black African	73	14
White and black Caribbean	65	9
Mixed other	75	18
White	71	13
White British	71	13
Gypsy or Roma	29	1
White Irish	75	17
Irish Traveller	31	2
White other	71	14
Other	66	12
Unknown	54	9

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5. By ethnicity (maths)

Location:: England
Time period:: 2022 to 2023 school year
Source:: Key stage 2 attainment

Percentage of pupils reaching the expected and higher standards in maths, by ethnicity
Ethnicity	Expected	Higher
	%	%
All	73	24
Asian	82	38
Bangladeshi	81	34
Chinese	94	63
Indian	87	47
Pakistani	76	26
Asian other	82	40
Black	73	22
Black African	76	24
Black Caribbean	63	13
Black other	70	20
Mixed	74	26
White and Asian	81	35
White and black African	73	22
White and black Caribbean	63	15
Mixed other	76	29
White	72	21
White British	71	21
Gypsy or Roma	29	4
White Irish	77	28
Irish Traveller	33	3
White other	76	28
Other	72	26
Unknown	58	18

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6. By ethnicity (reading, writing and maths combined)

Location:: England
Time period:: 2022 to 2023 school year
Source:: Key stage 2 attainment

Percentage of pupils achieving the expected and higher standards in reading, writing and maths, by ethnicity
Ethnicity	Expected	Higher
	%	%
All	60	8
Asian	66	11
Bangladeshi	68	11
Chinese	69	18
Indian	73	16
Pakistani	60	7
Asian other	67	12
Black	60	7
Black African	63	8
Black Caribbean	50	4
Black other	56	6
Mixed	62	10
White and Asian	70	14
White and black African	61	8
White and black Caribbean	51	5
Mixed other	64	11
White	59	7
White British	59	7
Gypsy or Roma	18	1
White Irish	66	11
Irish Traveller	21	1
White other	60	9
Other	55	7
Unknown	44	6

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7. By ethnicity (grammar, punctuation and spelling)

Location:: England
Time period:: 2022 to 2023 school year
Source:: Key stage 2 attainment

Percentage of pupils achieving the expected and higher standards in grammar, punctuation and spelling, by ethnicity
Ethnicity	Expected	Higher
	%	%
All	72	30
Asian	81	44
Bangladeshi	82	45
Chinese	81	48
Indian	86	53
Pakistani	76	35
Asian other	80	45
Black	77	35
Black African	79	38
Black Caribbean	67	22
Black other	74	32
Mixed	75	34
White and Asian	82	43
White and black African	75	32
White and black Caribbean	66	22
Mixed other	78	37
White	71	27
White British	71	27
Gypsy or Roma	27	5
White Irish	78	35
Irish Traveller	32	5
White other	73	32
Other	69	31
Unknown	57	23

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8. Data sources

Source

Key stage 2 attainment

Type of data

Administrative data

Type of statistic

National Statistics

Publisher

Department for Education

Publication frequency

Yearly

Purpose of data source

This data provides results for the 2023 key stage 2 national curriculum assessments. The results are used to monitor pupils’ attainment in reading, writing, maths and grammar, punctuation and spelling

9. Download the data

Key Stage 2 GPS 2022/23 - Spreadsheet (csv) 283 KB

This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type, geography_code, gender, age, fsm, value, value_type, numerator, denominator

Key Stage 2 Reading 2022/23 - Spreadsheet (csv) 248 KB

This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type, geography_code, gender, age, fsm, value, value_type, numerator, denominator

Key Stage 2 Writing 2022/23 - Spreadsheet (csv) 172 KB

This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type, geography_code, gender, age, fsm, value, value_type, numerator, denominator

Key Stage 2 Maths 2022/23 - Spreadsheet (csv) 246 KB

This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type, geography_code, gender, age, fsm, value, value_type, numerator, denominator

Key Stage 2 RWM 2022/23 - Spreadsheet (csv) 283 KB

This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type, geography_code, gender, age, fsm, value, value_type, numerator, denominator

Key Stage 2 Reading progress 2022/23 - Spreadsheet (csv) 87 KB

This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type, geography_code, gender, age, fsm, value, value_type, denominator, numerator, lower_95_ci, upper_95_ci

Key Stage 2 Writing progress 2022/23 - Spreadsheet (csv) 86 KB

Key Stage 2 Maths progress 2022/23 - Spreadsheet (csv) 86 KB

Key Stage 2 GPS Local authority 2022/23 - Spreadsheet (csv) 678 KB