Memorandum submitted by Sue Lloyd
WEST COUNTRY SYNTHETIC PHONICS SCHOOL—
LARGE PRIMARY WITH LOW ENTRY ASSESSMENT
— 94% achieved Level 4 (KS2 Sats) in
synthetic phonics school compared to 77% in England (maintained
only)
— 65% achieved Level 5 (KS2 Sats) in
synthetic phonics school compared to 26% in England (maintained
only)
— No children below Level 3B (KS2 Sats)
(including a child whose intellectual ability was below the 1st
percentile) compared to 7% Level 2 and below in England (maintained
only)
— 33.3% boys achieved Level 5 writing
compared to 11% nationally (2003 KS2 Sats)
— 21.2% girls achieved Level 5 writing
compared to 20% nationally (2003 KS2 Sats)
— no significant difference in literacy
skills between boys and girls;
— no significant difference between
children with summer birthdays and others;
— no children with English as an Additional
Language on the SEN register; and
— no significant difference in literacy
skills between children eligible for free school meals and others.
KS1 to KS2 National Curriculum Points Progress
for Reading and Writing is 13.7. This school's figure is considered
to be highly significant.
Examining the progress of individual pupils,
it was noticed that a large number of pupils, particularly in
the middle or bottom third of ability performed significantly
above expectations in English. These pupils received Sound Discovery
interventions during Key Stage 2. Also in mainstream classes there
was a synthetic phonics rich environment.
7 February 2005
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