Ofsted and Performance tables
Please click on the links below to view our most recent Ofsted report and information from the Department for Education Performance Tables regarding our most recent validated results:
Documents – OFSTED
| OFSTED Documents | Download |
| Ofsted letter to parents – September 2024 – Rapid Improvement at Colburn Community Primary School | Download |
| Latest Ofsted Report – 24th & 25th September 2024 | Download |
| Previous Ofsted Report – 14th & 15th September 2022 | Download |
Information from our most recent results – 2022-23
Early Years Outcomes
41% of pupils achieved ‘Good Level of Development’ (GLD) in Early Years.
To achieve GLD, a pupil must have achieved at least expected in the Early Learning Goals within the three Prime Areas of Learning. This improved from 2021-22 GLD which was 28%. We continue to make strides and improvements as a school.
| Good Level of Development | 2024 – 2025 | 2023 – 2024 | 2022 – 2023 |
| School | 60% | 41% | 28% |
| National | 69% | 67% | 65.2% |
Phonics Screening Check
96% of pupils met the government’s required standard in the Phonics Screening test by the end of Year 1. Again, this was an improvement from the previous year.
| Year 1 Phonics | 2024 – 2025 | 2023 – 2024 | 2022 – 2023 |
| School | 96% | 50% | 32% |
| National | 80% | 79% | 75% |
63% of pupils met the government’s required standard in the Phonics Screening test by the end of Year 2.
| Year 2 Phonics | 2024 – 2025 | 2023 – 2024 | 2022 – 2023 |
| School | 92% | 78% | 73% |
| National | 91% | 89% | 89% |
Key Stage 1 (End of Year 2) National Expectation Outcomes
Key Stage 1 tests are now optional and no longer statutory. We continue to assess children carefully through teacher observations and class-based activities to ensure they make strong progress across the curriculum.
Key Stage 2 (End of Year 6) National Expectation Outcomes
| Year Group | Reading | Writing | Maths | GPS* | Combined RWM |
| Expected + | Expected + | Expected + | Expected + | Combined RWM | |
| Yr 6 (2024 – 2025) | 52% | 40% | 44% | 48% | 36% |
| National Average | 75% | 72% | 74% | 73% | 62% |
| Yr 6 (2023 – 2024) | 70% | 48% | 48% | 61% | 42% |
| National Average | 74% | 72% | 73% | 72% | 61% |
*English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
Average Scale Scores
| Reading | Maths | GPS | |
| 2024 – 2025 | 103.3 (NA: 106) | 102.3 (NA: 105) | 103.1 (NA: 105) |
| 2023 – 2024 | 102.5 (NA: 105) | 97.4 (NA:104) | 102 (NA: 105) |
Performance tables
Our school’s performance tables can be accessed on the Department for Education’s website at:
- Performance Data School Performance Data
