Dickens Heath Community Primary School
Enabling every child to be the best version of themselves
Ofsted and Performance Data
Ofsted report
Ofsted rated us as GOOD at their last inspection of the school in April 2022.
Past school Ofsted reports can be found here https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/133720
Performance and results
At Dickens Heath Community Primary School we are extremely proud of our children and the progress they make at school. We have rigorous assessment cycle to check everyone is making good progress. Information from this is used by our teachers to challenge and support every child’s development.
Outcomes for pupils with barriers to learning
Early Reading and Phonics
- Reading reamains a strength in our school with phonics screening checks showing 90% of children passed the phonics screening check in the Y1 cohort.
- Disadvantged pupils achieve significantly better than the same group nationally: 89% compared to 67%, with an average mark of 34, compared to 30 nationally
- In Year 2, 95% of children achieved the expected standard in the phonics screening
- The school is ambitious for all pupils and so we will continue to focus on ensuring that children with particular barriers to learning in literacy are supported to achieve and acquire the basic foundational skills, to the best of their ability, through planned interventions and through adaptive teaching strategies and approaches
Maths time table checks
Improved progress and attainment can be seen year on year. The mastering number programme is now embedded and is having a positive impact on outcomes, including pupils with barriers to learning.
- 50% of children achieve full marks
- School average points core is 23.3 ot of 25
- Average score for children with barriers to learning is 23.3, compared to national average of 19.3
Reading, writing and maths
End of KS2 outcomes for 2025, in all subjects, shows that at ARE and at GDS, children’s outcomes are higher-and in most cases significantly higher- than national outcomes for the groups: All pupils, SEN support, disadvantaged and EAL. Reading, writing and maths combined outcomes at ARE are significantly above national at 75% compared to 62%. The groups disadvantaged, SEN support and EAL also do better compared to previous national data for the same groups.
For the group 'disadvantaged', the multiyear averages show above outcomes in maths, reading and in RWM combined at ES are close to average in writing and in EGPS. Progress for all pupils, and for the group disadvantaged is either above, or close to average compared to national progress.
Latest Data - July 2025 for All Pupils
Key Stage 2 Data
Expected Standard
| Subject | Dickens Heath | National |
| Reading | 87% | 75% |
| Writing | 80% | 72% |
| SPAG | 79% | 73% |
| Mathematics | 89% | 74% |
Key Stage 2 Data
Greater Depth
| Subject | Dickens Heath | National |
| Reading | 62% | 33% |
| Writing | 25% | 13% |
| SPAG | 49% | 30% |
| Mathematics | 54% | 26% |
Combined Scores
| Dickens Heath | National | |
| Expected Standard | 75% | 62% |
| Greater Depth | 25% | 8% |
Year 1 Phonics
| Dickens Heath | National | |
| Phonics Screening | 90% | 80% |
EYFS
| Dickens Heath | National | |
| Good Level of Development | 75% | 68% |
Historical performance data is available by clicking here.
For more information and a more detailed picture of our performance, visit the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables
To have your say on our performance, visit https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/
If you would like any further information or clarification, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
DFE performance tables
You can find out more about our performance from the Department for Education (DFE) school and college performance tables. Our information can be found at http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=133720 [link opens in new tab or window].
Our ongoing assessments
Further detail regarding our ongoing, internal assessment procedures can be found within our assessment policy: