Data set from Key stage 2 attainment

Attainment by school location and pupil characteristics

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Published 10 September 2026

Last updated 10 September 2026

This file contains data on the attainment of pupils in key stage 2 assessments in England, broken down by school location and pupil characteristics.

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Key stage 2 attainment
• Release: Academic year 2025/26 Provisional
• Number of rows: 56,886
• Geographic levels: Local authority district, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Average progress score
  • Average scaled score
  • Lower confidence interval
  • Number of average scaled score calculation
  • Number of eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2
  • Number of eligible pupils included in the progress measure
  • Number of pupils absent
  • Number of pupils disapplied
  • Number of pupils just arrived or unable to access
  • Number of pupils meeting the expected standard
  • Number of pupils meeting the higher standard
  • Number of pupils not achieved expected standard
  • Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 1 in writing TA
  • Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 2 in writing TA
  • Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 3 in writing TA
  • Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 4 in writing TA
  • Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 5 in writing TA
  • Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 6 in writing TA
  • Number of pupils working at the engagement model or below pre-key stage standards in writing TA
  • Number of pupils working below the standard
  • Number of pupils working towards the expected standard in writing TA
  • Number of schools
  • Percentage of pupils absent
  • Percentage of pupils disapplied
  • Percentage of pupils just arrived or unable to access
  • Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard
  • Percentage of pupils meeting the higher standard
  • Percentage of pupils not achieved expected standard
  • Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 1 in writing TA
  • Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 2 in writing TA
  • Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 3 in writing TA
  • Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 4 in writing TA
  • Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 5 in writing TA
  • Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 6 in writing TA
  • Percentage of pupils working at the engagement model or below pre-key stage standards in writing TA
  • Percentage of pupils working below the standard
  • Percentage of pupils working towards the expected standard in writing TA
  • Sum of scaled scores
  • Total number of progress scores
  • Upper confidence interval
• Filters:
  • Disadvantage status
  • Free school meal status
  • Subjects
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	lad_code	lad_name	version	establishment_type_group	disadvantage_status	fsm_status	sex	subject	establishment_count	eligible_pupil_count	expected_standard_pupil_count	higher_standard_pupil_count	not_meeting_pupil_count	working_below_pupil_count	absent_pupil_count	scaled_scores_eligible_pupil_count	scaled_scores_total	progress_measure_eligible_pupil_count	progress_measure_total_score	unable_to_access_arrived_pupil_count	working_towards_pupil_count	pre_ks_std_6_pupil_count	pre_ks_std_5_pupil_count	pre_ks_std_4_pupil_count	pre_ks_std_3_pupil_count	pre_ks_std_2_pupil_count	pre_ks_std_1_pupil_count	engagement_model_or_below_pre_ks_std_pupil_count	disapplied_pupil_count	expected_standard_pupil_percent	higher_standard_pupil_percent	not_meeting_pupil_percent	working_below_pupil_percent	absent_pupil_percent	unable_to_access_arrived_pupil_percent	average_scaled_score	progress_measure_score	progress_measure_upper_conf_interval	progress_measure_lower_conf_interval	working_towards_pupil_percent	pre_ks_std_6_pupil_percent	pre_ks_std_5_pupil_percent	pre_ks_std_4_pupil_percent	pre_ks_std_3_pupil_percent	pre_ks_std_2_pupil_percent	pre_ks_std_1_pupil_percent	engagement_model_or_below_pre_ks_std_pupil_percent	disapplied_pupil_percent
201819	Academic year	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	Final	All state funded	Disadvantaged	Total	Total	Reading, writing and maths	40	560	303	25	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	54	4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201819	Academic year	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	Final	All state funded	Disadvantaged	Total	Total	Reading	40	560	362	92	173	23	1	534	54441	543	-309.256785	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	65	16	31	4	0	0	102	-0.569533674	-0.050263355	-1.088803993	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201819	Academic year	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	Final	All state funded	Disadvantaged	Total	Total	Grammar, punctuation and spelling	40	560	382	128	154	22	1	536	55579	x	x	1	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	68	23	28	4	0	0	104	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201819	Academic year	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	Final	All state funded	Disadvantaged	Total	Total	Maths	40	560	399	80	137	22	1	536	55147	543	-222.1373	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	71	14	24	4	0	0	103	-0.409092634	0.044257151	-0.862442418	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201819	Academic year	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	Final	All state funded	Disadvantaged	Total	Total	Writing	40	560	396	70	x	x	1	x	x	547	-102.936111	x	124	16	6	7	6	2	0	2	0	71	13	x	x	0	x	x	-0.188183018	0.289003323	-0.665369359	22	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 43 variables

Variable name	Variable description
absent_pupil_count	Number of pupils absent
absent_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils absent
average_scaled_score	Average scaled score
disadvantage_status	Disadvantage status
disapplied_pupil_count	Number of pupils disapplied
disapplied_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils disapplied
eligible_pupil_count	Number of eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2
engagement_model_or_below_pre_ks_std_pupil_count	Number of pupils working at the engagement model or below pre-key stage standards in writing TA
engagement_model_or_below_pre_ks_std_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils working at the engagement model or below pre-key stage standards in writing TA
establishment_count	Number of schools
expected_standard_pupil_count	Number of pupils meeting the expected standard
expected_standard_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard
fsm_status	Free school meal status
higher_standard_pupil_count	Number of pupils meeting the higher standard
higher_standard_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils meeting the higher standard
not_meeting_pupil_count	Number of pupils not achieved expected standard
not_meeting_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils not achieved expected standard
pre_ks_std_1_pupil_count	Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 1 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_1_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 1 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_2_pupil_count	Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 2 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_2_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 2 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_3_pupil_count	Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 3 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_3_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 3 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_4_pupil_count	Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 4 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_4_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 4 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_5_pupil_count	Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 5 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_5_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 5 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_6_pupil_count	Number of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 6 in writing TA
pre_ks_std_6_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils working at pre-key stage standard 6 in writing TA
progress_measure_eligible_pupil_count	Number of eligible pupils included in the progress measure
progress_measure_lower_conf_interval	Lower confidence interval
progress_measure_score	Average progress score
progress_measure_total_score	Total number of progress scores
progress_measure_upper_conf_interval	Upper confidence interval
scaled_scores_eligible_pupil_count	Number of average scaled score calculation
scaled_scores_total	Sum of scaled scores
subject	Subjects
unable_to_access_arrived_pupil_count	Number of pupils just arrived or unable to access
unable_to_access_arrived_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils just arrived or unable to access
working_below_pupil_count	Number of pupils working below the standard
working_below_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils working below the standard
working_towards_pupil_count	Number of pupils working towards the expected standard in writing TA
working_towards_pupil_percent	Percentage of pupils working towards the expected standard in writing TA

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Footnotes

1. Data is not available for 2020 and 2021 as assessments were cancelled in these years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Figures for 2026 are based on provisional data. Figures for other years are based on final data.

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