| 1 | % children taking up the Statutory entitlement to early education for all eligible 2 year olds | Percentage | 90 | 85 | 91 | May 2024 | Termly | Green | Green | Up to date | | |
| 2 | % getting their first choice of primary school | Percentage | 98.2 | 96 | 97.7 | Apr 2024 | Annually | Red | Green | Up to date | Almost all applicants once again got their first choice of primary school for the academic year starting in September 2024. This result is almost identical to the previous year and Northumberland continues to be one of the top performers in the country. It continues to be above the national average of 93.2%. | |
| 3 | EYFSP - % of pupils achieving a Good Level of Development | Percentage | 69.2 | 69 | 69.2 | Sep 2023 | Annually | Green | Green | Up to date | | |
| 4 | % gap between FSM eligible learners and non FSM eligible learners achieving a 'Good Level of Development' at end of EYFS | Percentage | 21.1 | 19.8 | 21.1 | Sep 2023 | Annually | Green | Red | Up to date | | |
| 5 | Phonics - % of year 1 pupils working at the expected standard | Percentage | 80.4 | 80 | 80.4 | Sep 2023 | Annually | Green | Green | Up to date | | |
| 6 | % KS1 - % of pupils achieving the expected standard in Reading, Writing & Math | Percentage | 56.2 | 57 | 56.2 | Aug 2022 | Annually | Green | Amber | Up to date | This is a 2% improvement on the previous year and just below the target of 57%, hence the amber rating. | |
| 7 | KS2 - % of pupils achieving the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths | Percentage | 55.8 | 58.4 | 55.8 | Sep 2023 | Annually | Green | Red | Up to date | *PROVISIONAL* | |
| 8 | Number of permanent exclusions from primary schools in academic year | Number | 6 | 0 | 1 | Sep 2024 | Monthly | Green | Amber | Up to date | | |
| 9 | % pupils in primary schools judged by Ofsted as good/outstanding | Percentage | 95.6 | 95 | 95.1 | Jul 2024 | Quarterly | Red | Green | Up to date | | |
| 10 | % getting their first choice secondary school | Percentage | 95.5 | 92 | 95 | Apr 2024 | Annually | Red | Green | Up to date | The vast majority of applicants once again got their first choice of secondary school for the academic year starting in September 2024. The figure of 95% continues to be significantly better than the national average of 82.9%. | |
| 11 | KS4 - average Attainment 8 score | Number | 44.4 | 49 | 44.4 | Sep 2022 | Annually | Green | Red | Up to date | External examinations returned for the second time since 2019. Nationally, it was determined that grades would, overall, fall back to 2019 levels, so a fall in the percentages in comparison to 2022 was expected. Northumberland achieved 44.4, slightly below what was achieved in 2019, and below the national average of 46.2.
ACTIONS: The School Improvement team will continue to work with the 4 (soon to be 3) remaining LA maintained secondary/high schools, and academies if they request our services. We will also continue to press academy CEOs and/or the relevant Dioceses around improving performance at Key Stage 4. | |
| 12 | % gap between disadvantaged and non disadvantaged learners' average attainment 8 score at the end of KS4 | Percentage | 16.6 | 17 | 16.6 | Sep 2022 | Annually | Green | Green | Overdue | A 1% improvement on the previous academic year and below and therefore better than the national average of 18.1%. | Not Available |
| 13 | KS4 - average Progress 8 score | Number | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | Sep 2022 | Annually | Green | Red | Up to date | External examinations returned for the second time since 2019. Nationally, it was determined that grades would, overall, fall back to 2019 levels, so a fall in the percentages in comparison to 2022 was expected. The score of -0.20 is poorer than the national average of -0.03, but better than the regional average of -0.27.
ACTIONS: The School Improvement team will continue to work with the 4 (soon to be 3) remaining LA maintained secondary/high schools, and academies if they request our services. We will also continue to press academy CEOs and/or the relevant Dioceses around improving performance at Key Stage 4. | |
| 14 | Number of permanent exclusions from secondary schools in academic year | Number | 89 | 9 | 4 | Sep 2024 | Monthly | Green | Green | Up to date | | |
| 15 | % permanently excluded pupils receiving full-time education by 6th day following exclusion | Percentage | 57.7 | 65 | 83.3 | Sep 2024 | Monthly | Green | Green | Up to date | | |
| 16 | % pupils in secondary schools judged by Ofsted as good/outstanding | Percentage | 83.6 | 87 | 84.5 | Jul 2024 | Quarterly | Green | Red | Up to date | | |
| 17 | Overall absence rate | Percentage | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | Sep 2022 | Annually | Green | Green | Overdue | Improvement in 2022-23 school year and just better than the national average of 7.4%. | Not Available |
| 18 | Persistent absence rate from school | Percentage | 19.9 | 26.4 | 19.9 | Sep 2022 | Annually | Green | Green | Overdue | Improvement in 2022-23 school year and better than the national average of 21.2%, but the figures are still too high, especially for those who are in the Severely absent cohort (missing more than 50% of school sessions). | Not Available |
| 19 | % of 16-17 year olds NEET and Not Known | Percentage | 6.3 | 5.3 | 7.2 | Apr 2024 | Quarterly | Red | Red | Up to date | The quarter 1 figure of 7.2% is a decline compared to the same period the previous year (6.0%). Of the 7.2%, NEET was 5.3% and Unknown 1.9%). The national figure is 5.1% (of which NEET 3.4% and Unknown 1.7%).
ACTIONS: Weekly progress review meetings with careers assistants have been implemented that monitor the level of contact with NEET young people and provide better visibility/tracking of journeys and outcomes. A newly appointed Preparing for Adulthood lead began in April and will work to develop and maintain increasingly effective methods for developing and monitoring quantity and quality of pathways post-16. Replacement of the current Cognisoft Database IO system with Capita One Integrated Youth Support Service (IYSS) will provide a more intuitive case management platform, greater data and analytics, and bring together other Capita managed data to enhance interventions and outcomes – this work is advancing at pace between Capita and NCC colleagues with LIVE Migration planned for 2nd August 2024 | |
| 20 | % of new Education Health and Care Plans successfully completed within statutory 20 week time scale (monthly figures) | Percentage | 34 | 55 | 54 | Jul 2024 | Monthly | Green | Amber | Overdue | | |
| 21 | Job starts - no. of residents progressing from an NCC delivered or commissioned employability programme into paid employment | Number | | 75 | 83 | Apr 2024 | Quarterly | N/A | Green | Overdue | | Not Available |