Exams, Assessment and School Performance
Staff at all levels are embracing our personalised curriculum and looking for ways to make learning memorable and fun. We have already planned numerous enrichment activities for the terrm ahead:
Year 1 – Class trip to Judges Lodgings
Year 2 – Visit from the Fire Service
Year 3 – Forest school trip to Humblescough Farm
Year 4 – Cooking lessons at Broughton High school
Year 5 – Anglo Saxons Workshop
Year 6 – Journalism Talk with a journalist from The Times, residential visit to Tower Wood, WW2 Workshop, Preston Police knife crime and gangs workshop, class visit to The Imperial War Museum, Manchester.
We will also enjoy plenty of whole-school activities including Harvest Festival, Movie Night, a Whole School Spirituality Day, Anti-bullying activities, Bonfire Night and Christmas Fair.
There was clear evidence of the benefits of our values-based curriculum this year when two ex-pupils, Rayaan Mal and Libby Church became Head Boy and Girl at Broughton High School and another ex-pupil, Oliver Biswas, Head of School at Lancaster Royal Grammar School.
At St Lawrence, we are not just about reading, writing and maths. In fact, I really do believe that the main reason we do so well in the core sunjects is down to the fact that we are blessed with staff who value the non-core subjects so highly and enjoy helping pupils to flourish in lots of different areas. That said, we were still very proud to learn that Barton St Lawrence is listed in the Sunday Times Parent Power School Guide and ranked in the top 25 highest achieving primary schools in the country and the top performing school in Preston
SCHOOL SATs RESULTS
KS1 Results
| KS1 | % achieving at least the expected standard (National average results in brackets). | |||
| Year | Reading | Writing | Maths | Science |
| 2022 | 85 (67) | 81 (58) | 81 (68) | 85 (77) |
| 2023 | 74 (68) | 74 (60) | 90 (70) | 81 (79) |
| 2024 | 85 (71) | 81 (63) | 89 (72) | 85 (80) |
| KS1 | % achieving greater than the expected standard (National average results in brackets) | ||
| Year | Reading | Writing | Maths |
| 2022 | 19 (18) | 19 (8) | 27 (15) |
| 2023 | 32 (19) | 29 (8) | 26 (16) |
| 2024 | 27 (19) | 27 (9) | 27 (17) |
2022 - Reading Writing and Maths combined: School - 65% Expected+ (National - 53%), Greater than the expected standard: School - 15% (National - 6%)
2023 - Reading Writing and Maths combined: School - 71% Expected+ (National - 56%), Greater than the expected standard: School - 19% (National - 6%)
2024 - Reading Writing and Maths combined: School - 81% Expected+ (National - 59%), Greater than the expected standard: School - 12% (National - 7%)
KS2 Test Results
| KS2 | % achieving at least the expected standard (National average results in brackets) | ||||
| Year | Reading | Writing | Maths | GPS | RWM combined |
| 2022 | 100 (74) | 92 (69) | 96 (71) | 100 (72) | 88 (59) |
| 2023 | 96 (73) | 89 (71) | 96 (73) | 96 (72) | 86 (60) |
| 2024 | 100 (74) | 93 (72) | 100 (73) | 100 (72) | 93 (61) |
| KS2 | % achieving greater than the expected standard (National average results in brackets) | ||||
| Year | Reading | Writing | Maths | GPS | RWM combined |
| 2022 | 42 (28) | 38 (13) | 54 (22) | 58 (28) | 31 (7) |
| 2023 | 57 (29) | 43 (13) | 43 (24) | 64 (30) | 25 (8) |
| 2024 | 46 (28) | 29 (13) | 57 (24) | 61 (32) | 21 (8) |
Scaled Scores
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Subject | AV scaled score (National) | AV scaled score (National) | AV scaled score (National) |
| Reading | 109 (105) | 111 (105) | 109 (105) |
| GPS | 111 (105) | 110 (105) | 111 (104) |
| Maths | 109 (104) | 109 (104) | 111 (104) |
Average Progress Score
The national average progress score is zero
| Subject | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Reading | +1.8 | +3.6 | N/A |
| Writing | +2.3 | +3.3 | N/A |
| Maths | +2.7 | +3.1 | N/A |
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
We are not able to calculate KS1-KS2 progress scores for academic years 2023/24 and 2024/25. This is because there is no KS1 baseline available to calculate primary progress measures for these years due to Covid-19 disruption.
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