{
 "id": "ks2-attainment-england",
 "title": "Pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2, England",
 "category": "education",
 "summary": "The share of pupils at the end of Key Stage 2 in England meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together and in each subject, each school year since 2015/16, from the DfE's national headlines.",
 "unit": "percent",
 "chart": "line",
 "volatile": false,
 "status": "Accredited official statistics; the latest year is provisional",
 "notes": [
  "Pupils at the end of Key Stage 2 in all state-funded schools in England, as the DfE's national headlines give them: the share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, and in each of reading, writing (by teacher assessment), maths and grammar, punctuation and spelling. The DfE gives each year's figures as provisional at first and final once revised; the headline says which.",
  "The DfE's figures for England by council, which the hub shows apart, come from another data set and can differ from these national headlines by up to a point."
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "publisher": "Department for Education",
  "publisher_url": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/",
  "source_page": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-2-attainment-national-headlines",
  "licence": "OGL-3.0",
  "licence_name": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T06:47:31Z",
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 "meta": {
  "latest_period": "2025/26",
  "version": "Provisional",
  "missing": {
   "Reading, writing and maths": {
    "2019/20": "not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’",
    "2020/21": "not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’"
   },
   "Reading": {
    "2019/20": "not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’",
    "2020/21": "not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’"
   },
   "Writing": {
    "2019/20": "not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’",
    "2020/21": "not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’"
   },
   "Maths": {
    "2019/20": "not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’",
    "2020/21": "not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’"
   },
   "Grammar, punctuation and spelling": {
    "2019/20": "not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’",
    "2020/21": "not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’"
   }
  }
 },
 "headline": {
  "label": "Reading, writing and maths",
  "value": 63.3,
  "period": "2025/26",
  "note": "provisional figures"
 },
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  {
   "name": "Reading, writing and maths",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2015/16",
     "v": 53.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2016/17",
     "v": 61.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 64.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 64.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 58.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 59.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 60.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 62.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2025/26",
     "v": 63.3
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Reading",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2015/16",
     "v": 66.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2016/17",
     "v": 71.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 75.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 73.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 74.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 72.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 74.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 75.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2025/26",
     "v": 75.1
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Writing",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2015/16",
     "v": 74.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2016/17",
     "v": 76.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 78.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 78.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 69.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 71.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 71.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 72.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2025/26",
     "v": 73.1
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Maths",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2015/16",
     "v": 69.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2016/17",
     "v": 74.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 75.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 78.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 71.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 73.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 73.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 74.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2025/26",
     "v": 75.1
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Grammar, punctuation and spelling",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2015/16",
     "v": 72.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2016/17",
     "v": 76.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 77.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 78.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 72.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 72.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 72.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 72.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2025/26",
     "v": 73.8
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}