Ofsted

Ark Castledown had a section 5(full) Ofsted Inpection in November 2021. The school was graded as Good for overall effectiveness with Outstanding leadership and management. The full report can be found here Ark Castledown Primary Academy Ofsted Report Nov 2021.pdf

 

Performance Data

Our School's outcomes have been consistently above National Averages since 2018

EYFS
  School National Average
2017 60 71
2018 76 71
2019 85 72
2022 76 65

 

Phonics
  School National Average
2017 66 81
2018 85 83
2019 90 82
2022 91 76

 

KS1 ARE Expected Standard
   2017   2018  2019 2022 National Average 2022
Reading 57 81 84 81 67
Writing 43 74 79 73 58
Maths 67 77 86 81 68

 

 

KS2 ARE Expected Standard
   2017 2018 2019 2022 National Average 2022
Reading 46 82 75 82 74
Writing 42 84 88 80 69
SPAG 42 66 57 62  
Maths 35 78 85 78 71
RWM 27 73 73 73 59

 

KS2 Greater Depth
  2017 2018 2019 2022
Reading 17 24 20 18
Writing 0 0 9 2
Maths 4 16 15 9
RWM 0 0 5 2

 

Progress KS1 - KS2
   2017 2018 2019 2022
READING -2.6 2.4 0.9 -0.3
WRITING -4.2 0.6 1.7 0.3
MATHS -4.7 2.7 1.5 -0.2

 

KS2 Average Scaled Score per pupil
  2022
READING 104
MATHS 103

 

Whole School Attendance Data
  2018 2019 2022
Attendance 93.0 94.9 94.1
Persistent Absence 21.0 12.2 16.9

 

School Performance Tables

Primary school performance tables are published by the Department for Education annually to provide relevant information on the performance of primary schools in the local area. The tables are compiled using the achievements of 11 year old pupils, at the end of Key Stage 2 in Year 6, in all primary schools including special schools in England. 

 

Ofsted

Ark Castledown had a section 5(full) Ofsted Inpection in November 2021. The school was graded as Good for overall effectiveness with outstanding leadership and management. The full report can be found here 10203173 Ark Castledown Primary Academy 144083- FINAL .pdf