Pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2, England
Accredited official statistics; the latest year is provisional
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.
Reading, writing and maths
63.3%
2025/26 · provisional figures
Verified against source, 7 November 2026, 06:52 UTC- Reading, writing and maths
- Reading
- Writing
- Maths
- Grammar, punctuation and spelling
Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
11 periods, newest first
| Period | Reading, writing and maths | Reading | Writing | Maths | Grammar, punctuation and spelling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 63.3% | 75.1% | 73.1% | 75.1% | 73.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62.2% | 75.2% | 72.1% | 74.1% | 72.6% |
| 2023/24 | 60.6% | 74.4% | 71.7% | 73.2% | 72.3% |
| 2022/23 | 59.5% | 72.8% | 71.4% | 73.0% | 72.4% |
| 2021/22 | 58.7% | 74.6% | 69.4% | 71.5% | 72.5% |
| 2020/21 | not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’ | not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’ | not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’ | not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’ | not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’ |
| 2019/20 | not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’ | not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’ | not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’ | not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’ | not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’ |
| 2018/19 | 64.9% | 73.2% | 78.3% | 78.7% | 78.0% |
| 2017/18 | 64.3% | 75.3% | 78.2% | 75.5% | 77.6% |
| 2016/17 | 61.1% | 71.6% | 76.2% | 74.8% | 76.9% |
| 2015/16 | 53.5% | 66.0% | 74.0% | 69.8% | 72.5% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department for Education
- Check it yourself
- https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-2-attainment-national-headlines
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 7 November 2026, 06:47 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/01a0624a-0d56-77e4-8e98-43bbcc0c4255/csvSHA-256 a517bcbcb11b5e5f1cd6f946d69c50823eb751c973a1ee7a2314213cf9767f67 · 551 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 7 November 2026, 06:52 UTC Run at 7 November 2026, 06:52 UTC; 55 of 55 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-07T06:47:31Z; 1 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 1 of 1 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 55 of 55 figures and the headline reproduced; the meta's missing match |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 55 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 55 of 55 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches; the meta's missing match |
| Pass | EES data set is current | latest period 2025/26 ended 99 days before retrieval (limit 500) |
| Pass | EES query API agrees | 45 of 45 figures match the query API (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/01a0624a-0d56-77e4-8e98-43bbcc0c4255/query?indicators=znn4F,BYYT7,u44xo,allrL,qggFj&geographicLevels.eq=NAT&pageSize=10000) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-2-attainment-national-headlines – HTTP 200 |
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.