Overview of Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School · Primary · Essex
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 55% | 5% | 73% | 45% | 64% | 5% | 86% | 32% | 86% | 82% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 25% | 131 |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 0% | 56% | 28% | 61% | 6% | 56% | 11% | 78% | 78% | 103.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 | — | — | — | 27% | 119 |
| 2022/23 | 91% | 0% | 91% | 50% | 95% | 9% | 95% | 32% | 95% | 91% | 108.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 | +1.20 | +0.20 | +0.90 | 20% | 133 |
| 2018/19 | 88% | 20% | 88% | 52% | 88% | 24% | 96% | 40% | 88% | 92% | 108.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 | +1.40 | -0.40 | +0.50 | 19% | 151 |
| 2017/18 | 92% | 8% | 100% | 25% | 92% | 13% | 96% | 17% | 100% | 96% | 107.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 | -0.60 | -1.60 | -1.50 | 16% | 150 |
| 2016/17 | 79% | 21% | 89% | 42% | 79% | 37% | 95% | 37% | 79% | 84% | 108.0 | 109.0 | 107.0 | +1.30 | +0.20 | +3.10 | 19% | 148 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 131 | 22.2 | 25% | 2% | 11% | 5% | 12% |
| 2023/24 | 119 | 20.1 | 27% | 2% | 15% | 5% | 9% |
| 2022/23 | 133 | 22.2 | 20% | 2% | 14% | 5% | 13% |
| 2021/22 | 143 | 23.4 | 17% | 1% | 13% | 6% | 12% |
| 2020/21 | 145 | 23.4 | 19% | 1% | 12% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 151 | 19.6 | 19% | 1% | 12% | 4% | 5% |
| 2017/18 | 150 | 25.4 | 16% | 0% | 8% | 3% | 5% |
| 2016/17 | 148 | 25.5 | 19% | 0% | 10% | 3% | 5% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.