Ofsted inspection · 10/01/2023
Overview of The Downs Primary School and Nursery · Primary · Essex
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19
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 | 52% | 4% | 71% | 21% | 57% | 4% | 59% | 16% | 84% | 68% | 103.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 | — | — | — | 24% | 402 |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 0% | 70% | 14% | 70% | 4% | 61% | 11% | 77% | 68% | 102.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 | — | — | — | 24% | 437 |
| 2022/23 | 46% | 4% | 76% | 14% | 60% | 6% | 58% | 8% | 76% | 58% | 102.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 | -1.30 | -2.40 | -2.60 | 15% | 421 |
| 2018/19 | 41% | 2% | 48% | 12% | 55% | 2% | 62% | 10% | 66% | 50% | 97.0 | 100.0 | 99.0 | -5.20 | -5.50 | -3.50 | 15% | 444 |
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 | 402 | 21.2 | 24% | 44% | 35% | 6% | 15% |
| 2023/24 | 437 | 23.0 | 24% | 40% | 34% | 6% | 13% |
| 2022/23 | 421 | 22.8 | 15% | 37% | 31% | 6% | 14% |
| 2021/22 | 434 | 24.1 | 17% | 32% | 29% | 6% | 16% |
| 2020/21 | 416 | 20.9 | 15% | 29% | 27% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 444 | 20.6 | 15% | 26% | 29% | 4% | 8% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.