School Performance
The National Curriculum is organised into Key Stages. At the end of each Key Stage pupils take part in national assessments, tests or qualifications as detailed in the table below.
The National Curriculum is organised into Key Stages. At the end of each Key Stage pupils take part in national assessments, tests or qualifications as detailed in the table below.
| Key Stage | Year | End of year Age | End of Key Stage Test/Qualifications |
| Foundation | Reception | 4 | Foundation Stage Profile |
5 | |||
| Key Stage 1 | Yr 1 | 6 | Teacher Assessment in Maths, Reading and Writing |
Yr 2 | 7 | ||
| Key Stage 2 | Yr 3 | 8 | National tests/tasks in, English, Maths and Science |
Yr 4 | 9 | ||
Yr 5 | 10 | ||
Yr 6 | 11 | ||
| Key Stage 3 | Yr 7 | 12 | National tests/tasks in, English, Maths and Science |
Yr 8 | 13 | ||
Yr 9 | 14 | ||
| Key Stage 4 | Yr 10 | 15 | GCSE’s/GNVQ’s and equivalent Qualifications |
Yr 11 | 16 |
After Key Stage 4 some pupils go into Post-16 education in either School Sixth Forms or colleges where they are able to take a variety of qualifications including A Levels and AS Levels.
Achievements and Attainments at Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, GCSE and Equivalent, and Post-16 are available in the DfES School and College Achievement and Attainment Tables (formerly Performance Tables).
The link below will take you to the website of the Department for Education & Skills where you will be able to view the School and College Achievement and Attainment Tables for Sandwell schools and all other schools in England.
The site allows you to search for Achievement and Attainment Tables for schools if you know the school name and the postcode, which are available on our Schools area of this website. You can also search by Local Education Authority.
For convenience, the individual schools pages on our Schools area of this website give links to the relevant Achievement and Attainment Tables as well as links to the latest Ofsted reports.