Overview of Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School · Primary · Dorset
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18
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 | 71% | 6% | 88% | 41% | 71% | 18% | 100% | 24% | 82% | 76% | 108.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 30% | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 79% | 14% | 93% | 21% | 79% | 21% | 93% | 43% | 93% | 93% | 108.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 24% | 113 |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 0% | 93% | 21% | 57% | 0% | 100% | 64% | 93% | 93% | 107.0 | 109.0 | 106.0 | +0.20 | -5.10 | +3.90 | 16% | 118 |
| 2018/19 | 78% | 11% | 89% | 22% | 78% | 44% | 89% | 44% | 89% | 89% | 106.0 | 108.0 | 112.0 | +2.10 | +3.20 | +4.20 | 22% | 91 |
| 2017/18 | 93% | 14% | 100% | 50% | 93% | 43% | 100% | 36% | 100% | 100% | 110.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 | +8.20 | +7.30 | +6.80 | — | 81 |
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 | 109 | 21.8 | 30% | 2% | 15% | 4% | 10% |
| 2023/24 | 113 | 22.6 | 24% | 1% | 18% | 5% | 9% |
| 2022/23 | 118 | 23.2 | 16% | 0% | 18% | 6% | 7% |
| 2021/22 | 93 | 18.0 | 26% | 0% | 10% | 6% | 12% |
| 2020/21 | 93 | 15.9 | 24% | 0% | 16% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 91 | 18.6 | 22% | 0% | 7% | 3% | 6% |
| 2017/18 | — | 15.5 | — | — | — | 4% | — |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.