Foundation Phase Outcomes and

National Curriculum Teacher

Assessment of Core Subjects at Key

Stages 2 & 3, 2016

Key points

An increase of since 2015

the highest ever recorded

Nearly 9 out of 10 pupils at the end of Foundation Phase achieved the

expected outcome in all mandatory areas of learning

in 2016

1.0%

Foundation Phase

Language, literacy & communication

skills: English

Language, literacy & communication

skills: Welsh

Mathematical Development

% pupils achieving a Foundation Phase outcome

of 5 (the expected level) or above, in areas of

learning

88.0%

in 2016

90.7%

in 2016

89.9%

in 2016

Personal and social development,

well-being & cultural diversity 94.5%

in 2016

Girls outperformed boys in all subjects/areas of learning at the end of

Foundation Phase & both Key Stages.

Difference in performance between girls

and boys decreased in both Key stages for most subjects.

An increase of since 2015

the highest ever recorded

Nearly 9 out of 10 pupils at the end of Key stage 2 achieved the expected

outcome in all mandatory areas of learning

in 2016

0.9%

Key stage 2

English

Welsh

Science

% of pupils achieving a Key Stage 2 level of 4 or above (the expected level), by core subjects

90.3% in 2016

90.8% in 2016

91.0% in 2016

Maths

91.7% in 2016

% of pupils achieving a KS3 level of 5 or above (the

expected level), in Reading, Writing & Maths

79.7%

79.3%

% of pupils achieving a KS3 level of 5 or above (the

expected level), in Reading, Writing, Maths & Science

Key stage 3

Percentage of pupils achieving a Key stage 3

level of 5 or above, by local authority

The full release

is available on

the Statistics for

Wales website