These statistics cover the attainment of year 6 pupils who took assessments in summer 2025. These pupils experienced disruption to their learning during the pandemic, particularly at the end of year 1 and in year 2. Attainment in all subjects, other than reading, has not returned to pre-pandemic levels.

Attainment in all of reading, writing and maths (combined) has increased since 2024. 

In all of reading, writing and maths (combined), 62% of pupils met the expected standard, up from 61% in  2024.

In individual subjects, attainment increased in all subjects compared to 2024. 

In reading, 75% of pupils met the expected standard, up from 74% in 2024.

In maths, 74% of pupils met the expected standard, up from 73% in 2024.

In writing, 72% of pupils met the expected standard, an increase of 0.4 percentage points from 72% (rounded) in 2024.

In grammar, punctuation and spelling, 73% of pupils met the expected standard, up from 72% in 2024.

In science, 82% of pupils met the expected standard, up from 81% in 2024.

Girls continue to outperform boys at the expected standard in all subjects except maths, where boys outperformed girls by 1 percentage point.

The disadvantage gap index has remained stable with a slight increase from 3.13 in 2024 to 3.16 in 2025. More detail is provided in the pupil characteristics section.