Overview of Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 65% | 23% | 73% | 42% | 85% | 27% | 69% | 38% | 92% | 77% | 107.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 11% | 191 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 13% | 83% | 33% | 83% | 17% | 93% | 27% | 90% | 90% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 | — | — | — | 8% | 194 |
| 2022/23 | 60% | 5% | 80% | 33% | 65% | 5% | 83% | 38% | 85% | 83% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 | +0.70 | -4.00 | +1.00 | 9% | 219 |
| 2018/19 | 71% | 20% | 77% | 26% | 77% | 29% | 91% | 46% | 97% | 77% | 104.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 | -1.70 | -0.40 | +1.80 | 10% | 226 |
| 2017/18 | 69% | 6% | 81% | 25% | 75% | 16% | 84% | 25% | 91% | 91% | 106.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | -0.50 | -2.00 | -0.50 | 10% | 230 |
| 2016/17 | 68% | 10% | 78% | 27% | 73% | 22% | 80% | 24% | 85% | 80% | 105.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | +0.80 | -0.20 | +1.10 | 8% | 234 |
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 | 191 | 23.0 | 11% | 0% | 8% | 6% | 12% |
| 2023/24 | 194 | 24.0 | 8% | 0% | 6% | 6% | 14% |
| 2022/23 | 219 | 23.5 | 9% | 1% | 8% | 6% | 16% |
| 2021/22 | 217 | 19.9 | 9% | 1% | 11% | 7% | 21% |
| 2020/21 | 216 | 20.1 | 9% | 0% | 10% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 226 | 19.1 | 10% | 0% | 12% | 4% | 3% |
| 2017/18 | 230 | 21.8 | 10% | 1% | 9% | 4% | 5% |
| 2016/17 | 234 | 19.2 | 8% | 0% | 7% | 4% | 4% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.