Peterborough has the worse Key Stage 2 results in England

SATS are used to measure children’s progress, but the results are also used to compare schools. Figures released by the Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency show the city was ranked 149 out of 149 for the 2018 Key Stage 2 results! The tables show that just 49 per cent of boys and 55 per cent of girls in the city hit the expected standard. Both of these are the lowest figures in the country.

Part of the problem may be because a large number of children in the city have English as a second language. 84 per cent of the National Union of Teachers agree that national curriculum tests have a particularly negative impact on children with special educational needs and disabilities, and 58 per cent suggested the exams were somewhat discriminatory against children whose first language was not English.

As reported in the Peterborough Telegraph Councillor Lynne Ayres, Peterborough City Council’s cabinet member for education, said: “The results as they stand now show we are continuing to move in the right direction and that our approach is working.”

The village school, Eye Primary, is bucking the trend with pupils being above the average with reading, writing and maths.

The highest school in the area is John Clare Primary School, Helpston with 93%. The lowest is Highlees Primary School with 39%. Read more here.

News coverage

• Peterborough bottom of latest education tables
• Peterborough council education chief claims authority’s ‘approach is working’ – as city slumps to bottom of the league tables
• Peterborough MP says city should ‘celebrate our successes’ as authority sits dead last in school league tables
• Peterborough education chief seeks rapid improvement after ‘hugely disappointing’ SATs results
• Shailesh Vara MP calls for review of education in Peterborough labelling results as ‘appalling’

Appendix 1

The full list from the best to the worse.

LA code	Local Authority	Number of eligible pupils2	Percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard3
		All	All
E09000027	Richmond upon Thames	2,156	80
E08000009	Trafford	2,933	75
E09000020	Kensington and Chelsea	973	75
E09000013	Hammersmith and Fulham	1,352	74
E09000006	Bromley	3,651	74
E09000029	Sutton	2,297	74
E09000025	Newham	4,740	73
E09000007	Camden	1,512	72
E09000003	Barnet	4,033	72
E06000003	Redcar and Cleveland	1,592	71
E06000007	Warrington	2,525	71
E09000030	Tower Hamlets	3,267	71
E09000015	Harrow	2,808	71
E09000016	Havering	2,967	71
E06000041	Wokingham	1,992	71
E08000037	Gateshead	2,101	70
E06000004	Stockton-on-Tees	2,407	70
E09000012	Hackney	2,534	70
E09000032	Wandsworth	2,450	70
E09000033	Westminster	1,452	70
E09000004	Bexley	3,196	70
E09000021	Kingston upon Thames	1,812	70
E08000010	Wigan	3,583	69
E09000022	Lambeth	2,999	69
E09000011	Greenwich	3,290	69
E09000026	Redbridge	4,006	69
E09000031	Waltham Forest	3,282	69
E10000030	Surrey	12,144	69
E08000022	North Tyneside	2,234	68
E08000024	Sunderland	3,189	68
E06000019	Herefordshire, County of	1,886	68
E06000033	Southend-on-Sea	2,103	68
E09000019	Islington	1,872	68
E09000028	Southwark	3,182	68
E09000018	Hounslow	3,034	68
E09000024	Merton	2,351	68
E10000014	Hampshire	14,476	68
E06000039	Slough	2,299	68
E06000040	Windsor and Maidenhead	1,518	68
E06000047	County Durham	5,578	67
E08000021	Newcastle upon Tyne	2,827	67
E08000023	South Tyneside	1,617	67
E06000049	Cheshire East	4,048	67
E10000031	Warwickshire	6,087	67
E09000023	Lewisham	3,404	67
E06000043	Brighton and Hove	2,643	67
E06000001	Hartlepool	1,134	66
E08000014	Sefton	2,922	66
E08000007	Stockport	3,337	66
E06000010	Kingston upon Hull, City of	3,176	66
E06000014	York	1,907	66
E06000017	Rutland	396	66
E08000029	Solihull	2,670	66
E06000020	Telford and Wrekin	2,250	66
E10000015	Hertfordshire	13,669	66
E06000034	Thurrock	2,362	66
E09000008	Croydon	4,522	66
E09000009	Ealing	4,228	66
E10000002	Buckinghamshire	6,134	66
E10000016	Kent	17,369	66
E06000022	Bath and North East Somerset	1,903	66
E06000028	Bournemouth	1,675	66
E06000005	Darlington	1,228	65
E06000008	Blackburn with Darwen	2,197	65
E06000012	North East Lincolnshire	1,909	65
E06000013	North Lincolnshire	1,963	65
E10000018	Leicestershire	7,549	65
E10000012	Essex	16,151	65
E09000002	Barking and Dagenham	3,464	65
E09000017	Hillingdon	3,716	65
E06000045	Southampton	2,604	65
E06000057	Northumberland	3,352	64
E08000001	Bolton	3,840	64
E10000006	Cumbria	5,128	64
E10000017	Lancashire	13,686	64
E08000006	Salford	2,884	64
E08000016	Barnsley	2,735	64
E10000007	Derbyshire	8,224	64
E10000024	Nottinghamshire	9,123	64
E10000028	Staffordshire	9,442	64
E08000031	Wolverhampton	3,298	64
E09000014	Haringey	3,159	64
E10000011	East Sussex	5,342	64
E06000042	Milton Keynes	3,555	64
E10000025	Oxfordshire	7,103	64
E06000037	West Berkshire	1,772	64
E10000008	Devon	7,808	64
E06000024	North Somerset	2,389	64
E06000002	Middlesbrough	1,818	63
E08000002	Bury	2,321	63
E06000050	Cheshire West and Chester	3,826	63
E06000006	Halton	1,472	63
E08000008	Tameside	2,812	63
E06000011	East Riding of Yorkshire	3,557	63
E06000051	Shropshire	2,952	63
E06000036	Bracknell Forest	1,379	63
E10000013	Gloucestershire	6,481	63
E06000025	South Gloucestershire	3,133	63
E06000030	Swindon	2,809	63
E06000054	Wiltshire	5,192	63
E08000004	Oldham	3,413	62
E08000013	St. Helens	2,050	62
E10000023	North Yorkshire	5,866	62
E08000019	Sheffield	6,148	62
E06000056	Central Bedfordshire	3,297	62
E06000035	Medway	3,253	62
E06000023	Bristol, City of	4,672	62
E06000026	Plymouth	2,884	62
E10000027	Somerset	5,599	62
E06000027	Torbay	1,388	62
E06000009	Blackpool	1,660	61
E08000011	Knowsley	1,722	61
E08000012	Liverpool	4,988	61
E08000033	Calderdale	2,632	61
E08000034	Kirklees	5,306	61
E08000018	Rotherham	3,254	61
E06000016	Leicester	4,604	61
E06000018	Nottingham	3,519	61
E08000026	Coventry	4,257	61
E08000030	Walsall	3,613	61
E10000034	Worcestershire	6,233	61
E10000003	Cambridgeshire	6,813	61
E09000005	Brent	3,776	61
E09000010	Enfield	4,528	61
E10000032	West Sussex	8,801	61
E06000052	Cornwall	5,798	61
E06000029	Poole	1,409	61
E08000003	Manchester	6,773	60
E08000005	Rochdale	2,935	60
E08000015	Wirral	3,765	60
E08000032	Bradford	7,733	60
E08000017	Doncaster	3,530	60
E08000035	Leeds	9,058	60
E08000036	Wakefield	3,866	60
E06000015	Derby	3,249	60
E10000021	Northamptonshire	9,055	60
E08000025	Birmingham	15,792	60
E08000028	Sandwell	4,367	60
E10000029	Suffolk	7,771	60
E10000009	Dorset	4,329	60
E10000019	Lincolnshire	7,751	59
E10000020	Norfolk	8,833	59
E06000038	Reading	1,670	59
E06000021	Stoke-on-Trent	3,107	58
E06000032	Luton	3,169	58
E08000027	Dudley	3,675	57
E06000044	Portsmouth	2,151	56
E06000046	Isle of Wight	1,322	54
E06000031	Peterborough	2,829	52
E06000055	*Bedford	2,032	48

Links

• National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2018 (provisional)

Notes

• Since publication the stats for Bedford have been added which are worse than Peterborough.