Discover Our Academic Excellence
At St Katharine’s we take pride in our strong academic performance. Our children consistently make very good progress from a variety of staring points and achieve excellent results, reflecting the hard work of both children and staff. We focus on creating a supportive environment where every child can thrive, ensuring they reach their full potential.
Achieving Excellence - KS2 SATs Results July 2025
KS2 SATs Reading Results
96% of our children met or exceeded national reading standards in KS2 SATs, showcasing the effectiveness of our teaching methods and commitment to high-quality education. 44% achieved a higher (greater depth) score compared with the national 29%.
KS2 SATs Writing Results
85% of our children met or exceeded national writing standards in KS2. This is above the national level of 72%. Of those children, 15% achieved the greater depth level.
KS2 SATs Maths Results
81% of our children met or exceeded national maths standards in KS2 SATs. This is above the national level of 73%. At St Katharine’s, 37% achieved the higher (greater depth) score, compered to 24% nationally.
Combined (reading, writing, maths)
Results
65% of our children met or exceeded national standards in KS2 SATs. This is above the national level of 61%.
At St Katharine’s, 15% achieved the higher (greater depth) score, compered to 8% nationally.
EYFS
Good level of development achieved:
2025 – 81%
2024 – 83.3%
2023 – 68.2%
Year 1 phonics test 72% (National 80%)
2024 – 93.3%
2023 – 90%
Year 2 phonics re-test 100%
2024 – 50%
2023 – 100%
KS2
Reading Expected Standard 52% (National 45%)
Exceeding Standard 44% (National 29%)
Writing Expected Standard 70% (National 59%)
Exceeding Standard 15% (National 13%)
GPaS Expected Standard 44% (National 40%)
Exceeding Standard 33% (National 32%)
Maths Expected Standard 44% (National 37%)
Exceeding Standard 37% (National 24%)
Combined Expected Standard 65% (National 61%)
Academic achievement is one part of what makes us proud of our children …
You can find details on the government school performance website
OFSTED – November 2022
“Pupils offer a warm welcome to their school. They are proud and happy to be at the heart of this close-knit learning community. Relationships between staff and families are warm, respectful and supportive.
Leaders have high expectations for behaviour. Pupils listen well and are keen to engage with the views of others. Pupils treat each other with kindness. They are confident that should any incidents of bullying happen staff would deal with them effectively. Pupils glow with excitement when they describe their link with a school in The Gambia. They have raised funds to pay for new flooring and sports equipment in the Gambian school. They share letters and video messages with their friends and love hearing about life in The Gambia.
Pupils say they push themselves out of their comfort zone while flourishing at residential trips in Y ears 5 and 6. Pupils value th e annual competition to design and build a go-kart to race against other schools. Through the strong local sports partnership, girls and boys represent the school at swimming, netball, football, cricket and athletics events.
Attendance is very high at clubs, including gymnastics before school. Pupils also enjoy wider opportunities such as sewing, gardening, yoga, board games and junk modelling.”
Access the full report on the OFSTED website.
SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools) is the national inspection process for Church of England and Methodist schools in England. It evaluates how effectively a school’s Christian vision shapes its ethos, curriculum, relationships, and overall provision, ensuring that it enables all pupils and staff to flourish.
‘This is a school that values each individual and allows them to flourish’. SIAMS 2018
Access the full report here.
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