Ofsted inspection · 14/06/2024
Overview of Highwoods Community 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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History
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 | 78% | 24% | 86% | 43% | 84% | 32% | 86% | 35% | 87% | 86% | 108.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 23% | 447 |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 26% | 89% | 45% | 84% | 32% | 89% | 45% | 90% | 90% | 108.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 | — | — | — | 19% | 427 |
| 2022/23 | 73% | 14% | 78% | 33% | 80% | 22% | 84% | 23% | 81% | 78% | 106.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | +0.30 | +0.50 | +0.50 | 18% | 427 |
| 2018/19 | 74% | 16% | 76% | 26% | 87% | 37% | 87% | 37% | 85% | 85% | 104.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | +0.30 | +2.80 | +1.40 | 14% | 422 |
| 2017/18 | 77% | 5% | 92% | 25% | 89% | 26% | 84% | 23% | 77% | 90% | 106.0 | 104.0 | 110.0 | +0.60 | +1.10 | +0.00 | 16% | 422 |
| 2016/17 | 67% | 7% | 77% | 28% | 80% | 30% | 84% | 16% | 79% | 89% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | +0.10 | +0.90 | -0.10 | 13% | 421 |
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 | 447 | 24.6 | 23% | 21% | 19% | 4% | 7% |
| 2023/24 | 427 | 23.5 | 19% | 22% | 18% | 4% | 7% |
| 2022/23 | 427 | 23.5 | 18% | 22% | 19% | 5% | 9% |
| 2021/22 | 427 | 24.5 | 17% | 20% | 19% | 6% | 14% |
| 2020/21 | 430 | 26.5 | 17% | 18% | 20% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 422 | 25.4 | 14% | 14% | 17% | 3% | 3% |
| 2017/18 | 422 | 25.4 | 16% | 11% | 18% | 3% | 4% |
| 2016/17 | 421 | 24.7 | 13% | 8% | 20% | 2% | 2% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.